Awesome volume control

ksemeks · 2010-01-20 11:23:24

Hi to all.
Im running awesome since this morning, and im nt rly familiar with it.
So i have a few questions:
how do i keybind the volume up/down keys to a command(say 'amixer -q sset Master 5-/+) ?

Thank you.

Barghest · 2010-01-20 11:40:03

Use xev in a terminal and look for the keycode of your key. Let's say it is 129

Then in your rc.lua:

awful.key({}, "#129", function () awful.util.spawn("amixer -q sset Master 5+", false) end),

Or you can use xbindkeys and start it with awesome

Last edited by Barghest (2010-01-20 11:40:39)

ksemeks · 2010-01-20 12:00:01

Yes, i already did that. Thank you

The only thing now is that i cannot mute.
awful.key({modkey}, "m", funciton () awful.util.spawn("amixer -q sset Master toggle") end)

It does nothing, any idea?

ksemeks · 2010-01-20 12:03:20

Oh, it s wotking now, i didnt add the false argument.
Do you mind tell me what it does ?

Barghest · 2010-01-20 12:19:53

I'm not that good in scripting but from what I've learned I think it has to do with the spawn command, that has three parameters:

spawn (cmd, sn, screen)

I guess the false says that there should not be a startup notification.

Please anyone correct me if I'm wrong.

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#1 2010-01-20 11:23:24

Awesome volume control

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