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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