Getting indicator applets (volume, etc.) in fluxbox

[chogg]

What program runs the indicator applets in Unity? I ask because I want to get them in fluxbox.

I already have the network app, nm-applet, running. It shows up in the bottom right of the toolbar and works just fine. But I don't know what the other applets are called.

Thanks!

[chogg]

Sorry to bump, but surely it's an easy question for someone who knows the answer, right?

I wanted the network applet in fluxbox. I knew the name of the program ("nm-applet"). I ran that command in fluxbox, and it showed up just fine.

Now I want the volume control applet in fluxbox. How can I go about finding out the name of the command which runs it? Any ideas?

[d.atanasov]

Hi,

I think that systray applet was indicating all the information in the right up corner. Maybe now it is change but you can make some google to find out.


cheers

[chogg]

Your response helped me with some ideas about what to google. Eventually, I found that `gnome-sound-applet` appears to be the closest. However, there are still several important features missing:


There is no popup showing the current volume level. (The indicator-applet shows the level only coarsely: there are three wavefronts coming from a speaker which are either colored or not. It takes about 10 keypresses to change the displayed level!)
In fact, it doesn't appear to handle volume-button keypresses at all! The only reason volume up/down works is because I manually added entries in `~/.fluxbox/keys` mapping them to `amixer` commands. Due to (what I presume to be) a bug in `amixer`, the mute button only mutes and does not unmute. (Yes, I am using the `toggle` command.)


I know the "popup" functions still work, because they do for other applets (e.g. `nm-applet` tells me when my wireless connection is established). So perhaps the question is: why doesn't `gnome-sound-applet` in fluxbox grab my volume keypresses? Or if someone thinks the problem lies elsewhere: what else should I try?