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Then click on Disabled in the second column and map your hotkeys for these actions.įinally the programs volbar.py and alsavol.py have to be set to start automatically. Name: ALSA Volume muteĬommand: /usr/local/bin/alsa_master_mute Name: ALSA Volume downĬommand: /usr/local/bin/alsa_master_down Name: ALSA Volume up If you want to use your keyboard's volume hotkeys, you have to set them in System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts. Make all files executable (if they're not): cd /usr/local/bin sudo apt-get install python python-notify python-gtk2 python-alsaaudio python-eggtrayicon xfce4-mixerĮxtract all files for example into /usr/local/bin direcotry: sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ -xzvf alsa_mixer_applet_1.1.tar.gz For getting it to work, you need to intall the following packages: python, python-notify, python-gtk2, python-alsaaudio and xfce4-mixer or gnome-alsamixer (i preffer xfce4-mixer). PulseAudio removes volume applet, so you need new volume applet. This will uninstall PulseAudio, delete the configuration files and uninstall it's dependencies gstreamer-10-pulseaudio, libpulse-browse0, libpeexdsp1, pulseaudio-esound-compat, pulseaudio-module-udev, pulseaudio-module-x11, pulseaudio-utils, rtkit and gnome-desktop (don't worry, it is dummy package): sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio 2.
PULSEAUDIO ALTERNATIVES HOW TO
This howto shows you, how to remove PulseAudio, add alsa-mixer applet to the panel and associate hotkeys for volume change. PulseAudio has still problems with some applications and it always adds a little latency and that's the reason, why so many people still prefer ALSA.