On 12/18/18 9:12 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 12/18/18 6:17 PM, King Beowulf wrote: >> On 12/18/18 2:31 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: >>> Next Slackware question. I tried switching to XFCE. I like it so far. >>> But it's missing a feature (or more that I haven't found yet). >>> >>> Is there someplace to make the volume control buttons work in XFCE? I'm >>> pretty sure they worked in KDE, but they don't work in XFCE. I know for >>> sure that they worked with Ubuntu MATE. >>> >> Hello Dick >> >> KDE automatically adds an audio volume/mixer to the system tray. Xfce >> does not. >> >> right click on panel >> choose panel >> add new items >> PulseAudio Plugin >> Add >> >> Done. > > Yes. I discovered that one. And that helps, but does not get me the > connection to the buttons. I'll keep searching. > > Thanks. > Xfce can be a bit cranky with special keys. KDE is pretty smart in comparison. It all depends on the thinkpad vintage. just setting the PA panel plugin gets the volume keys working in Xfce on my T510.
You can try: 1. make sure "thinkpad_acpi" module is loaded 2. Xfce IBM thinkpad keyboard layouts - one might be a better match 3. check out this to map keys: http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/xbindkeys/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xbindkeys -Ed
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