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redshoe

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Registered: 2015-12-16

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[SOLVED] Using ALSA for i3status bar volume indicator not working

I am trying to use ALSA for volume indicator in i3status bar, but setting the device options as "default", "sysdefault", and even "device hw:0" don't not work. It does not work as in the volume indicator does not show up at all.

Following is the volume master part of my i3status config file.

volume master {
      format = "Vol %volume"
      format_muted = "Muted"
      device = "default"
{

Last edited by redshoe (2020-07-04 14:09:50)

ondoho

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Re: [SOLVED] Using ALSA for i3status bar volume indicator not working

It seems for ALSA you need to specify a Mixer, too: https://i3wm.org/i3status/manpage.html
Also you need to add some sort of += at the top of the config file, e.g. order += "volume master"

Last edited by ondoho (2020-07-04 10:59:10)

redshoe

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Registered: 2015-12-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Using ALSA for i3status bar volume indicator not working

It seems for ALSA you need to specify a Mixer, too: https://i3wm.org/i3status/manpage.html
Also you need to add some sort of += at the top of the config file, e.g. order += "volume master"

Cool! This worked! Thank you!