--- gnome-settings-daemon-3.3.90.1/plugins/media-keys/cut-n-paste/gvc-mixer-control.c.orig	2012-02-21 20:08:35.468041032 +0100
+++ gnome-settings-daemon-3.3.90.1/plugins/media-keys/cut-n-paste/gvc-mixer-control.c	2012-02-21 20:53:12.920202696 +0100
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #define GVC_MIXER_CONTROL_GET_PRIVATE(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((o), GVC_TYPE_MIXER_CONTROL, GvcMixerControlPrivate))
 
 #define RECONNECT_DELAY 5
+#define RECONNECT_TRIES 12
 
 enum {
         PROP_0,
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ struct GvcMixerControlPrivate
         pa_context       *pa_context;
         int               n_outstanding;
         guint             reconnect_id;
+        guint             reconnect_nr;
         char             *name;
 
         gboolean          default_sink_is_set;
@@ -1941,8 +1943,11 @@ _pa_context_state_cb (pa_context *contex
         case PA_CONTEXT_FAILED:
                 control->priv->state = GVC_STATE_FAILED;
                 g_signal_emit (control, signals[STATE_CHANGED], 0, GVC_STATE_FAILED);
-                if (control->priv->reconnect_id == 0)
+                if ((control->priv->reconnect_id == 0) && (control->priv->reconnect_nr < RECONNECT_TRIES))
                         control->priv->reconnect_id = g_timeout_add_seconds (RECONNECT_DELAY, idle_reconnect, control);
+                else if (control->priv->reconnect_nr >= RECONNECT_TRIES)
+                        g_warning ("Maximum reconnection retries reached.");
+                control->priv->reconnect_nr++;
                 break;
 
         case PA_CONTEXT_TERMINATED: