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[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 08/09/2011 16:49, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a écrit :
> I know we are pass the freeze, but maybe this shortcut could be added
> to preferences menu for 11.10. I think for a lot of people it's useful
> to control the mic and all that stuff in alsamixer. Plus, there's
> nothing to add but this little shortcut :)
> And maybe there's a way to show lxterminal without the menus???

I'm not a fan of the solution, because it will add a non translated
entry in the menu. It's also not really dynamic (doesn't deal with
pulseaudio when it's running), and alsamixser is not really
user-friendly (it's still a command line program which emulate a GUI).

I didn't plan to fix this problem with this solution. My idea was to
enable the "Configure" button when you right click on the volume applet
on the panel. So, as it seems to be an annoying bug for people, I take
some time to implement this. You can test the result by adding the ppa :
ppa:lubuntu-dev/staging . The lxpanel will be available in a few minutes.

This is the behavior :
- If pulseaudio is detected, it will try to launch the gnome-sound
preference if it's installed. If not, it will look at pavucontrol.
- Else, it will try to launch gnome-alsamixer, and if it's not on the
system, try to launch "xterm -e alsamixer".

It will offer a GUI for sound configuration, with a bit of dynamism, and
without adding an English entry in the menu.

Please test it (you need to reboot after installing lxpanel) and give us
feedback about this solution.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne