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I would like to use LXDE as my primary Desktop environment, but I want to use the gnome control for sound. Is there a way to install this "sound preferences" thing in LXDE?
I have attached a screen shot of the sound preferences of GNOME control panel so that every one will know what I am looking for.
I don't think it is pulse audio, it is something like gnome-volume-control-applet (when you type this in a terminal window, the applet pops up). I would like to have this permanently in the system tray area of my LXDE session.
That definitely looks like the gnome volume control app within the gnome-control-center. I don't believe there's a way to use it with LXDE without installing a good chunk of gnome. I use gmixer with LXDE. It's got a simple volume control that goes in the panel notification area (I autoload gmixer-trayicon.desktop), and I keep the full gmixer launcher in a second panel.
That definitely looks like the gnome volume control app within the gnome-control-center. I don't believe there's a way to use it with LXDE without installing a good chunk of gnome. I use gmixer with LXDE. It's got a simple volume control that goes in the panel notification area (I autoload gmixer-trayicon.desktop), and I keep the full gmixer launcher in a second panel.
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Can you provide any installation instructions for gmixer?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and I didn't manage to install the program in my laptop.
I'm using Fedora, so I downloaded the gmixer rpm from the Fedora 15 repository, then, as root: rpm -ivh gmixer-1.3-20.fc15.x86_64.rpm. For Ubuntu 11.10, if gmixer is in the repository, then (as root): apt-get install gmixer.
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