Volume applet for gnome?

drago01 drago01 at gmail.com
Sun May 24 16:50:04 UTC 2009


On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Reid Rivenburgh <reidr at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Lawrence E. Graves
> <lgraves at risingstarmbc.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 15:37 +1000, Greg wrote:
>>> On 24/05/2009 2:50 PM, Reid Rivenburgh wrote:
>>> > Hi.  I got my F11 preupdate to work; I think maybe an anaconda update
>>> > did the trick.  So now I'm running F11.  I've run into a few issues.
>>> > I used to have an audio volume applet installed in my gnome panel,
>>> > which made it convenient to quickly adjust the volume.    When I first
>>> > logged in under F11, it put up a dialog that said something about that
>>> > applet no longer exisitng.  I don't see an obvious replacement.  Is
>>> > there something else I could use or install?  (I guess I'll ask about
>>> > other issues in other mails as necessary....)
>>> >
>>> > Thanks!
>>> >
>>> > -- Reid
>>> >
>>> >     Try running at a console:
>>> >
>>> >     alsamixer -c0
>>> >
>>> >     that should give you access to the 'real' hardware volume controls
>>> >     for your card. You may need to boost one of those to get full volume.
>>> >
>>> that may get you more sound volume
>>>
>>
>> Install gst-mixer either at root or yum extender.  Then go to
>> system/preference/Advanced sound and there it is
>
> Thanks for the pointers.  I didn't have gst-mixer installed.  But it
> looks like a standalone mixer tool.  I'd like to have a gnome panel
> applet that I can use to easily mouse wheel up/down to change the
> volume.  Does gst-mixer or something else provide that?  I'm not even
> sure what the name of the volume applet was in F10 and earlier....
> (And to clarify, sound is working fine.)

You should have an icon in the notification area.  (It is no longer an
applet but a notification area icon).




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