Can't see progress bar in the volume bar

[Stup0r38]

When the volume is changed i can only see the the place where the progress bar should be, but not the progress bar itself

[Stup0r38]

Update: I know mine is a different configuration, just tried to use yours and the problem is still there

[WillPower3309]

Hmm, allow me to investigate! Is sound working on your system in general?

[Stup0r38]

Yes, sound works and if I try to change the volume it works, but the progress bar doesn't appear

[WillPower3309]

Does the command amixer work on your computer? I think I missed adding that as a dependency

[WillPower3309]

Also, you will want to keep an eye on my repo for the next few days, as the volume bar occasionally lags and I am currently working on a fix. I will be also adding a brightness bar

[Stup0r38]

Just tried amixer command, it works.

Also tried amixer sget Master | grep 'Right:' | awk -F '[][]' '{print $2}'| sed 's/[^0-9]//g' and it shows the correct volume.

I will keep an eye on the repo for sure, it's an amazing project!

[Stup0r38]

I don't know if it's important, but I'm using Fedora 32

[WillPower3309]

Okay thanks! I'll investigate this evening. I'm glad you like it!

[WillPower3309]

Going to try to recreate this, what version of awesome are you running? (you can check with awesome --version)

[Stup0r38]

awesome v4.3 (Too long) • Compiled against Lua 5.3.5 (running with Lua 5.3) • D-Bus support: ✔ • execinfo support: ✔ • xcb-randr version: 1.6 • LGI version: 0.9.2

[WillPower3309]

@Stup0r38 mind sending the output of

amixer sget Master | grep 'Right:' | awk -F '[][]' '{print $2}'| sed 's/[^0-9]//g'

Im stumped, its working on all my devices running awesome 4.2-4.3

[Stup0r38]

95 (it's the right volume)

[Stup0r38]

Update: I just tried using your config on two vm, one with Fedora and the other with Manjaro, in both the vm I had the same problem, maybe there is some other dependency needed?

[WillPower3309]

Update: I just tried using your config on two vm, one with Fedora and the other with Manjaro, in both the vm I had the same problem, maybe there is some other dependency needed?

Thats good information, thanks! Ill try on a couple other distros and see if I can isolate it. Its strange since the only dependency should (in theory) be amixer / alsamixer

[BaDxKaRMa]

I'm having the same issue with a new Arch install. I had to modify the amixer sget grep command to "Mono" from "Right". The command outputs the right value (my volume does change), but the widget has no volume bar. If I change the default value to something other than 0, I see the bar for a moment but once the value updates the bar goes away like in the screenshot.

awesome v4.3 (Too long) • Compiled against Lua 5.3.5 (running with Lua 5.3) • D-Bus support: ✔ • execinfo support: ✔ • xcb-randr version: 1.6 • LGI version: 0.9.2

[WillPower3309]

Thanks for the info, I'll take another crack at fixing this shortly. I think I have some ideas as to what it may be :)

[WillPower3309]

Just wanted to let you guys know I'm still investigating this, past week has been very busy but I'm aiming to finish this and make a few more optimizations to the codebase, hoping to work on a new theme soon.

[Ball-Man]

I've been struggling this problem too(actually, I've had this for months). I personally fixed it, but I accidentally pulled your most recent commit deleting all my work. I don't remember exactly what the problem was, but it was definitely something with how the template gets the volume(the amixer command or whatever). I also have a slight problem with the power supply indicator(maybe I should open an issue on its own for this).

Here are my specs: awesome v4.3-684-g2f905f252 (Too long) • Compiled against Lua 5.3.5 (running with Lua 5.3) • D-Bus support: yes • xcb-errors support: no • execinfo support: yes • xcb-randr version: 1.6 • LGI version: 0.9.2

OS: Arch Linux x86_64 Kernel: 5.7.10-arch1-1 Resolution: 1920x1080 WM: awesome
CPU: Intel i5-6200U (4) @ 2.800GHz GPU: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520]

[WillPower3309]

I've been struggling this problem too(actually, I've had this for months). I personally fixed it, but I accidentally pulled your most recent commit deleting all my work. I don't remember exactly what the problem was, but it was definitely something with how the template gets the volume(the amixer command or whatever). I also have a slight problem with the power supply indicator(maybe I should open an issue on its own for this).

Here are my specs: awesome v4.3-684-g2f905f252 (Too long) • Compiled against Lua 5.3.5 (running with Lua 5.3) • D-Bus support: yes • xcb-errors support: no • execinfo support: yes • xcb-randr version: 1.6 • LGI version: 0.9.2

OS: Arch Linux x86_64 Kernel: 5.7.10-arch1-1 Resolution: 1920x1080 WM: awesome CPU: Intel i5-6200U (4) @ 2.800GHz GPU: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520]

If you could throw this into a separate issue with a brief summary of what the power supply indicator issue is I'd be very appreciative, thanks! And if you happen to recall your fix please also let me know, I'm setting up an array of VMs at the moment with different OSes / configurations to hopefully avoid this in the future:)

[Ball-Man]

If you could throw this into a separate issue with a brief summary of what the power supply indicator issue is I'd be very appreciative, thanks! And if you happen to recall your fix please also let me know, I'm setting up an array of VMs at the moment with different OSes / configurations to hopefully avoid this in the future:)

Sure. I suppose the real problem is that my fix was/is probably very specific to my machine/configuration, but hopefully we can cover all edge cases with a bit of work. I will probably instantiate the new issue tomorrow, thank you for your kindness

[ilthraim]

I fixed this by changing line 86 of volume-adjust.lua to volume_bar.value = tonumber(stdout), although I'm now having strange bar height scaling issues

[Stup0r38]

Thanks, it gives me some minor problems, but it's definately and improvement :)

[BaDxKaRMa]

I made this change and my bar does not work still. Before the change the bar goes missing (just the smaller bar in the bubble), and after the bar stays but it is black. I don't seem to have any scaling issues though.

Actually, I just found my issue looking in this file. amixer sget Master | grep 'Mono:' | awk -F '[][]' '{print $2}'| sed 's/[^0-9]//g' That command was outputting a null value because Mono has no value. If I change it to Left or Right it works.

This is my output. ~/.c/a/components  amixer sget Master 1.6m  2020-08-13 12:04 Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 65536 Mono: Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on] Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]

[WillPower3309]

@ilthraim awesome! Ill fix the height scaling and incorporate your fix into a merge tonight

[WillPower3309]

I fixed this by changing line 86 of volume-adjust.lua to volume_bar.value = tonumber(stdout), although I'm now having strange bar height scaling issues

Hey! Mind providing a screenshot of the scaling issues? Havent been able to identify any with the change

[WillPower3309]

Just committed the suggested line change, please let me know if this fixed your issues and I will close this issue :)

[ilthraim]

The scaling was actually just a byproduct of me switching from an alsa to pulse audio backend in the config. The commit fixed the issue!