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== PulseAudio == | |||
PulseAudio is a sound system enabling us to control application volumes individually and use other computers soundcards over the network. | |||
Recommended packages: | |||
* pulseaudio (the daemon, required) | |||
* pavucontrol (GTK based mixer application) | |||
* paprefs (GTK based configuration tool) | |||
Note: in order to discover remote soundcards, one has to start ''avahi-daemon''! | |||
Revision as of 18:21, 18 February 2012
Multimedia Keys
We learned that multimedia keys are available by using showkey. To use it, one has to go to a text terminal, start showkey and press the buttons in question.
The shown keycodes should be placed in ~/.Xmodmap
keycode 234 = XF86Back
keycode 233 = XF86Forwardpre
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolumePulseAudio
PulseAudio is a sound system enabling us to control application volumes individually and use other computers soundcards over the network.
Recommended packages:
- pulseaudio (the daemon, required)
- pavucontrol (GTK based mixer application)
- paprefs (GTK based configuration tool)
Note: in order to discover remote soundcards, one has to start avahi-daemon!