Bug#1043291: mate-tweak: can't change MATE panel layout by mate-tweak because of missed mate-volume-control-applet executable

[Norbert X <nrbrtx@gmail.com>]

I'm not too familiar with the internals of the mate-tweak.

So I have reported a bug to upstream 
https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-tweak/issues/94 .
I hope to see Martin's actions there.

Thanks, Mike!

On 8/10/23 10:03, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> Hi Norbert,
> (Cc:ing Martin Wimpress)
>
> On  Mi 09 Aug 2023 17:02:16 CEST, Norbert wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Mike!
> >
> > The problem here is caused by `mate-volume-control-applet` file 
> > location.
> > It came from `mate-media`, you are right about this package
> > Problem persists even with the installed `mate-media` package.
> > In Debian 10 (buster) it was located in PATH -
> > `/usr/bin/mate-volume-control-applet` (see
> > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=buster&arch=any&mode=path&searchon=contents&keywords=mate-volume-control-applet 
> >
> > ).
> > But in Debian 11 and newer it is located in non-PATH place -
> > `/usr/libexec/mate-volume-control-applet` (see
> > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=bullseye&arch=any&mode=path&searchon=contents&keywords=mate-volume-control-applet). 
> >
> > So it can't be found by `mate-tweak` (see
> > https://sources.debian.org/src/mate-tweak/22.10.0-2/mate-tweak/?hl=78#L571 
> >
> > ).
> >
> > My local quick and dirty hack is the following:
> > ```
> > sudo ln -sf /usr/libexec/mate-volume-control-applet
> > /usr/local/bin/mate-volume-control-applet
> > ```
> >
> > But I would suggest fixing this problem in the `mate-tweak` script - for
> > example you can call this applet by full path -
> > `/usr/libexec/mate-volume-control-applet`.
> > It is still applicable for default Debian installation without Ayatana
> > indicators.
>
> Ah, now I see more clearly.
>
> The correct fix for mate-tweak will probably be to check both 
> locations (/usr/bin/ and /usr/libexec/) and execute the 
> mate-volume-control-applet found (with preference to /usr/libexec, 
> maybe).
>
> Can you propose such a patch to mate-tweak upstream?
>
> Thanks + Greets,
> Mike