Bug#734822: gnome-session-flashback: NM, Power and Volume applets don't start anymore

[Faidon Liambotis]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 04:28:33PM -0000, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:
> Control: tags -1 +moreinfo
> 
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2014 16:46:40 +0200, Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> > I don't think that a desktop session with no (option for) volume,
> > battery/power or network management control is very useful for the
> > majority of users and I don't think it would reasonable to release
> > jessie with Flashback in this state, so I'm bumping this to serious/RC.
> 
> * NM-applet works fine for me. Its autostart file (nm-applet.desktop)
>   was fixed some time ago, so it is now correctly autostarted.
> * For volume management use mixer applet from gnome-applets package.
> * For power control use battstat applet from gnome-applets package.
> 
> What actually does not work for you?

I've been running Flashback from jessie, experimental and my own patched
version (see #771922) so forgive me for mixed feedback :(

The way I see it on *stock* jessie versions now:

* NM-applet shows up but crashes every now and then when I click on it.
  I guess this an NM bug regardless; I'll debug further and file it
  against NM when I have more information.

* There is a sound icon on my notification area that has no icon, though
  (it's just gray). There are two trivial commits in upstream
  gnome-flashback that I suspect fix this
  (a7a54573453ac5d600f2988f58003a0177e7ba40 &
  d8679b7ccff2dd3452c59e30ce2c421f333a19f6). The sound applet from
  gnome-applets works but I haven't found a way to remove the other,
  ghost icon from the notification area.

* Yes, the battery applet from gnome-applets works. This isn't the old
  native GNOME 2.x notification area battery icon, but works just fine
  so I guess it's a non-issue.

Thanks for the quick response,
Faidon