Version: (using KDE 4.3.4) OS: Linux Installed from: Mandriva RPMs After update from KDE 4.2.x to KDE 4.3.x KMix stopped to show up in system tray, in kicker. I use KDE 3.5.10 but using a lot of components from upcoming KDE4. Kmix was one of them. Kmix from KDE 4.2.x worked just fine. Kmix IS running, must be, multimedia keys are working, OSD shows volume reacting on pressing multimedia keys. Even opening Kmix window is problematic. After a fresh log in it is impossible to open Kmix window, not from konsole, not from K menu, Kicker, krunner. After some not yet discovered operation it starts to appear, but neven ever in kicker tray. A am going to start a separate issue for it. I thing I recall a discussion about the reasons on the web, there was a systray protocol change, and that new Kmix still supports the old one but the detection is based on detecting kded4 or kdeinit4 is runnig (I have both kded3 and kded4 running) instead of kicker vs plasma detection, so when the kded4 is detected, the new protocol is used, in my case wrongly and kicker does not recognize it. So either improve detection or enable forcing the protocol by a parameter. Despite all effort I cannot find the original source. Perhaps there is a relation to this bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211159 - "system tray volume control is not shown with legacy system tray" from a Fuxbox user.
Also see related bug #225137. [espinosa@espinosadell ~]$ ps ax | grep -i kmix 12235 ? S 0:00 kmix -session 1013714714f13600012650178600..... Note, both kded (KDE3) and kded4 (KDE4) are running too. [espinosa@espinosadell ~]$ ps ax | grep -i kde 11946 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/kde3/bin/startkde 12168 ? S 0:00 start_kdeinit --new-startup +kcminit_startup 12169 ? Ss 0:00 kdeinit Running... 12172 ? S 0:00 dcopserver [kdeinit] --nosid 12174 ? S 0:00 klauncher [kdeinit] --new-startup 12176 ? S 0:00 kded [kdeinit] --new-startup 12183 ? S 0:00 ksmserver [kdeinit] 12184 ? S 0:02 kwin [kdeinit] -session 1013714714f1360001249981730000000441600 12186 ? S 0:01 kdesktop [kdeinit] 12188 ? S 0:09 kicker [kdeinit] 12189 ? S 0:00 kio_file [kdeinit] file /home/espinosa/tmp/ksocket-espinosa/kla.. 12192 ? S 0:00 kxkb [kdeinit] 12197 ? S 0:00 kaccess [kdeinit] 12218 ? Ss 0:00 kdeinit4: kdeinit4 Running... 12219 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: klauncher [kdeinit] --fd=8 12228 ? Sl 0:00 kdeinit4: kded4 [kdeinit] e 12244 ? S 0:00 kdeinit4: kglobalaccel [kdeinit] 12246 ? Sl 0:00 xsettings-kde 12247 ? S 0:00 knotify [kdeinit] 12250 ? S 0:00 kpowersave [kdeinit] 12254 ? S 0:00 klipper [kdeinit] 13464 ? S 0:01 konsole [kdeinit] [espinosa@espinosadell ~]$ kmix -version Qt: 4.5.3 KDE: 4.3.5 (KDE 4.3.5) KMix: 3.5
One question: Are you running multiple panels at the same time? For example KDE3 (kicker) AND KDE4 (plasma...)?
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