Ok, I removed the old mixer applet from the panel and logged out from gnome. pkill -u 1000 and login again. Now, I do not have any mixer symbols anymore. And xsession-errors has this:
** (gnome-volume-control-applet:7268): WARNING **: Connection failed x-session-manager[7093]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-volume-control-applet.desktop' failed to register before timeout -- [jaunty] mixer_applet2 freezes session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318310 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
