Re: sound volume control for use in fluxbox?

Am Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:09:44 +0700 (+07)
schrieb "Andrey G. Grozin via Fluxbox-users"
<[email protected]>:

> Hello *,
> 
> For years I used Lumina desktop environment (which uses fluxbox as
> its window manager). Now the distro I'm using (Gentoo) is about to
> remove Qt5, and hence Lumina (it has not been ported to Qt6). So, I
> had to decide what to use as my desktop.
> 
> I decided to use bare fluxbox. It provides > 90% of what I need for
> my everyday work. But I need some extra things, and I ask for your
> advice what X programs to install.
> 
> First of all, I need sound volume control (or a mixer, but a simple
> volume control would be sufficient). Ideally, this program should sit
> in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen; when I click it, it
> should show a slider to set the volume by my mouse.
> 
> Second, I need a small gui program to display my battery status.
> Well, I can say
> acpi
> at the command line, but it would be nice to have something sitting
> in the toolbar and showing the battery status all the time.
> 
> These two things existed ti Lumina in its panel. Now, in the bare
> fluxbox, I need some separate X programs for these purposes. What
> programs do you use?
> 
> The only Lumina utility I sometimes used is for taking screenshots.
> What X program would you recommend for this purpose?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> Andrey

Well, the panel isn`t Fluxbox strongest  part. I replaced it
with  Lemonbar. The Xfce4 panel would have everything you asked for.
Easy to replace Fluxbox panel with that. 
For volume control I use this line in the keys file
Mod4 l ;ToggleCmd  {exec pavucontrol} {exec killall pavucontrol}

I don't use battery control, but most panels have a build in function
for that, and as I said, it's easy to repllace Fluxbox panel with
another one

HTH
Joerg