On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 01:02:00PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > > I think that now is a suitable time to replace > > gnome-media with gvolwheel, and to add another lightweight window > > manager (icewm). > > I have no opinion about this since I do not use Gnome. I do have it on > my TODO list to build it and try it out, but I've got a lot of other > things at a higher priority.
I fear I've caused a misunderstanding - gvolwheel is primarily for people who *don't* use gnome. I used to use gnome-media to get a volume control because I was building some of the gnome packages. Before that I used the mixer from kde3, and before that I wasted a whole xterm with alsa-mixer. > > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~ken/tmp/ > > > > This contains the following changes: > > > > 1. new page in chapter 2 to explain static/shared libraries : in the > > book we now often use --disable-static but I don't think we've > > explained why. > > I like this. Please go ahead and add it to the book. Do you have any > problems with me expanding it a bit to explain the differences between a > so library, real library, and linker library? None at all. [...] > > 4. add IceWM as another window manager: > > [...] > > This looks like a nice addition. A light WM alternative with few > dependencies is good to have. I need to review my build in the light of Andy's response - at the moment I'm using the netbook while I watch recordings of today's TV, and my notes from April are ambiguous. [...] > > > 6. replace gnome-media by gvolwheel: > > > > On my speaker, I have a physical wheel that moves from off to max. A > software volume control is OK, but many times there are physical > alternatives. I assume that this is a Gnome only utility, but if you > think it's appropriate, do it. > On my amp I've got a volume control, but I find it easier to keep that on a constant setting and use the mouse to tweak the volume. In a gnome desktop there is a volume control (using pulse) which worked ok when I tried gnome-3.2. I believe kde4 also includes a volume control. > > > > The link to sourceforge for gvolwheel is just weird : open it in > > a browser and you get a list of all the available versions instead > > of the one you asked for. Paste it to wget and it works. > > If you have the source you want, we can always put it on anduin for a > reliable source. We already do that for several packages, e.g. OpenJDK, > tidy, etc. Actually *all* the sources are there, but we generally don't > link directly to them. > OK, I'll put the pages up pointing to sf, we can change it when it's on anduin. Probably *not* today, I want to sort out why I'm using the 'deprecated' sed in icewm. > > I don't object, but I do care. They look like nice additions. > Thanks. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
