pnmixer volume applet backport

KrunchTime · 2015-10-28 22:23:34

hhh wrote:

I don't recall what version of pnmixer was compiled for #!, but you should use this backport as it was compiled against jessie and therefore may include jessie security patches.

Last time I checked, pnmixer hadn't been updated, so the #! version was the same as the last release.

Last edited by KrunchTime (2015-10-28 22:24:35)

hhh · 2015-10-28 22:29:49

dhalgren says it was 0.5.1 in #!, the version I backported is 0.6.1-1 (see the Launchpad link in the OP).

-edit- more info...
https://github.com/nicklan/pnmixer/releases

KrunchTime · 2015-10-28 22:47:52

@hhh: Thank you for the update. Also, I just noticed the blurb in your OP about ironing out the icon issues. I just use the pnmixer icons...looks good to me.

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 5039#p5039

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dhalgren · 2015-10-28 23:01:10

Yes, the #! version I used was downloaded from the #! repository before it went offline, and it was 0.5.1
The update works beautifully. I experienced no issues with icons, which may be because I am using the tweaked vertex icons. (I certainly have done nothing special with icons except find a set I love.)
Thanks for the update!

hhh · 2015-10-28 23:02:29

The icon issue only effects BunsenLabs RC1 and earlier, it's an issue with our version of Faenza icons, which are the same as the #! Faenza icons, not having the right status icon set. This will be fixed in a future update. This didn't effect #! because corenominal packaged pnmixer with the correct icons, so my workaround duplicates that.

Another workaround is to install Faenza icons from Debian, but it saves disk space if you just use the few icons I've included.

KrunchTime · 2015-10-28 23:23:40

OK...I installed your deb. My observations:

01) Volume change GUI is vertical instead of horizontal as in v0.5.1. I don't see a way to change this in preferences.
02) Don't care for the new pnmixer icons.
03) Don't get visual cue when using the mouse scroll wheel to change volume like I did in v0.5.1. Again, there doesn't seem to be a setting under preferences to enable this.

I'm wondering if corenominal customized pnmixer.

Last edited by KrunchTime (2015-10-28 23:24:01)

hhh · 2015-10-29 00:04:05

I didn't version shop, I just used the latest version. I'll be looking into pnmixer more for the next ISO when I get to it. It seems people are content with whatever comes OOTB or they look for their own solution (these debs have been downloaded under a dozen times so far).

If you'd like to revert to version 0.5.1 and still compile it against jessie, it might be easiest to use this *.dsc file...
https://launchpad.net/~arnaud-morin/+ar … hive-extra

I used the instructions I posted here...
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=58

If you find a better/more well known PPA to use, please link to it here. The other alternative is to use this source and "Debianize" it...
https://github.com/nicklan/pnmixer/releases/tag/v0.5

KrunchTime · 2015-10-29 07:54:13

I just checked the developer's page and he has a screenshot of the master volume control in horizontal format, although I'm not sure if that is representative of the latest release. I'm going to have to research this some more.

nobody0 · 2015-10-29 08:31:24

When trying to open Volume Control of pnmixer I get this,

Unable to run command: Text was empty (or contained only whitespace)

Last edited by nobody0 (2015-10-29 12:34:06)

hhh · 2015-10-29 14:12:58

^Did you run it from terminal and note the error messages, or was that the only message? What system and panel are you using? Pulse or just alsa?

nobody0 · 2015-10-29 15:42:33

Ran it from gmrun, the pnmixer icon appeared on tint2 panel. Right clicked on Volume Control and got that. I found the solution, it was the "white space." In the tab Behaviour in Pnmixer Preferences, filled the white space with "x-terminal-emulator -e 'alsamixer'. I am using alsa.

elboulangero · 2016-01-15 15:58:49

Hi, just to let you know that PNMixer is now available as an official Debian package.
https://packages.debian.org/sid/pnmixer

The Debian package provides PNMixer with Gtk3.

Volume change GUI is vertical instead of horizontal as in v0.5.1. I don't see a way to change this in preferences.

Yep, the volume slider is now vertical. In the next version it will be possible to choose between an horizontal and vertical layout (it's already implemented in the development version).

Don't get visual cue when using the mouse scroll wheel to change volume like I did in v0.5.1. Again, there doesn't seem to be a setting under preferences to enable this.

Yep, this is a problem with GtkStatusIcon in Gtk3. Since GtkStatusIcon is deprecated, it won't be fixed, so you will have to live with that, sorry.

Otherwise, you can get PNMixer from upstream, and compile it with the Gtk2 version. With Gtk2 the visual cue works. But Gtk2 is obsolete and unmaintained, so in the long-term the Gtk2 version of PNMixer will disappear...

The official PNMixer homepage is on Github:
https://github.com/nicklan/pnmixer/

Cheers !

KrunchTime · 2016-01-16 23:21:03

^Thank you for the info. The newer version of pnmixer slipped by me when I dist-upgraded earlier today on the BL install tracking unstable on my laptop. I've held v5.0.1 on my desktop, but based on your explanation, I'll go ahead and upgrade. I will really miss the visual cue when mousing over the pnmixer icon and changing the volume. That is very handy and useful, IMO.

Are you the developer?

elboulangero · 2016-01-17 01:27:12

Yes I am one of the PNMixer developers.

About the visual cue, yep I know it's a shame. But if you enable mouse scroll notifications you will get pretty much the same thing, right ?

As I said, GtkStatusIcon is deprecated, and that's a little bit of a problem. At the moment, GtkStatusIcon is the only way to display a status icon in panel/taskbar such as tint2. At some point in the future it will disappear from Gtk3, and if there's nothing to replace it, PNMixer will be screwed for real. If it happens, maybe we will revert back to the Gtk2 version, that's the main reason we still maintain the Gtk2 version I guess...

But yeah, we don't know yet what will happen. We can't do nothing but wait to see what comes next.

KrunchTime · 2016-01-17 10:02:30

elboulangero wrote:

About the visual cue, yep I know it's a shame. But if you enable mouse scroll notifications you will get pretty much the same thing, right ?

It would be pretty much the same if it showed the numeric value of the volume level.

elboulangero · 2016-01-17 10:16:07

That's true

KrunchTime · 2016-01-17 22:04:07

^ And on behalf of the BunsenLabs community, thank you for taking the time to visit. It's nice to have package developers pop in and make remarks.

elboulangero · 2016-01-18 00:45:57

No worries

KrunchTime · 2016-01-19 01:29:53

@elboulangero: I was playing around with pnmixer v0.6.1 earlier. If I bring up the volume slider and use the mouse scroll wheel, the volume changes in increments of 10. It would be nice to have the option to only change the volume in increments of 1. That would be a nice consolation to losing the functionality in v0.5.1.

Last edited by KrunchTime (2016-01-19 01:30:37)

elboulangero · 2016-01-20 03:05:38

Hi,

yep this is something that is already implemented in the development version, you can choose two scroll steps: normal and fine scroll steps. Fine scroll step is only used with up/down keys, when you open popup window and volume slider has focus. Scroll step is used for everything else (page up/down keys, mouse scrolling).

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