AbsVolume
  Quick volume adjuster for Linux.


 I use IceWM and ROX Filer on my customized Slackware. I don't like dockable applications or overblown configuration wizards... I use Aumix from the menu to adjust details of my sound volumes, both input and output. But the practical reality is that when the phone rings or someone is repeating themselves for the third time because my music is too loud, I want to just be able to lower it or (when once again left alone) raise it up again. Quickly, easily, and not set it too low or high permanently (meaning even after a reboot).

 So I grabbed the simplest OSS/Alsa compatible GPL app I could find (volumecontrol by Rob Eberts), which is written in C/GTK. [I usually work with Python, but it was a simple app and I wanted it to pop up instantly... so I did the C-code drudgery.] I then proceeded to strip it down to size and tweak the code to not allow multiple instances and give it an icon and a cute little frame without any titlebar. So when run it from the toolbar it pops up right there, stays put, looks neat and goes away easily but not accidentally (like by losing focus, a-la Windows).

Below the ad is the screenshot. And please -- no comments on my desktop being boring. The BG color is actually dark gray :)

Download

You can compile the source code . Requires:

Gtk (and it's dependencies)
OSS or ALSA with /dev/mixer compatibility (OSS emulation)

To compile run the usual:

./configure
make
make install

AbsVolume-1.0.tar.bz2
  120K     MD5SUM: bde6acca416c916acd79682fb5121ec1


if ./configure fails because you have a different version of automake, run ./autogen.sh THEN do the usual install

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The Ubuntu 6.0.6 (Dapper)

DEB Package

absvolume_1.0-getdeb1_i386.deb
  7.6K     MD5SUM: 4e989ec046dfcd91fcfca779949d616a


Package creeted by: Joâo Pinto
GetDeb Packager
http://www.getdeb.net

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The Slackware Package Compiled on (almost) Slackware 11 -- gcc-3.4.6.

AbsVolume-1.0-i486-1AS.tgz
  17K     MD5SUM: 3f8b718be55b99fb6ad6fbb0f7386153

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