Use `mode-line' instead of `modeline' for Emacs 24 compat. Patch taken from upstream repo. --- a/volume.el +++ b/volume.el @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ (select-window (split-window-vertically (if (and (fboundp 'face-attr-construct) - (plist-get (face-attr-construct 'modeline) :box)) + (plist-get (face-attr-construct 'mode-line) :box)) -3 -2))) (switch-to-buffer volume-buffer))) ((not (eq (current-buffer) volume-buffer))