Me too I got this problem when I made the last update to 0.8.6.release- 0ubuntu3 for Ubuntu feisty. The volume applet simply has disappeared. The volume control remain available, anyway, by keyboard shortcut. Tried changing kde theme (plastik, keramik, ecc.) but doesn't work.
-- VLC volume control missing https://launchpad.net/bugs/91248 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
