Bugzilla – Attachment #164022: gnome-applets-309796-mixer-applet-reduce-wakeups.diff for bug #309796
gnome_volume_applet_refresh (applet, TRUE);
if (res) {
applet->timeout = g_timeout_add (100, cb_check, applet);
applet->timeout = g_timeout_add_seconds (1, cb_check, applet);
}