Can't control volume w/keyboard in i3 after latest update change from pulse to pipewire

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#1

Hello,
This is my first post on this forum. I just did the latest updates and I did the switch from Pulseaudio to Pipewire. The sound works fine, but I can't control the volume with the keyboard. Can somebody please help me ?

#2

:slight_smile:

Reboot or

pulseaudio -D
pulseaudio -k

Did we switch to Pipewire??

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#4

I tried that, but it didn't work. I think I have to make to make a change to my i3 config file but I'm not sure what that change is.

#5

You can try adapting this to your needs. Keyboards will vary but this allows me to change volume with it.

# Multimedia Keys

# volume
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+ && pkill -RTMIN+1 i3blocks
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%- && pkill -RTMIN+1 i3blocks

# gradular volume control
bindsym $mod+XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec amixer -D pulse sset Master 1%+ && pkill -RTMIN+1 i3blocks
bindsym $mod+XF86AudioLowerVolume exec amixer -D pulse sset Master 1%- && pkill -RTMIN+1 i3blocks

# mute
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec amixer sset Master toggle && killall -USR1 i3blocks

bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec playerctl play
bindsym XF86AudioPause exec playerctl pause
bindsym XF86AudioNext exec playerctl next
bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec playerctl previous
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#6

Thanx alot ! It worked as written, didn't need to change a letter.

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#7

Same issue here but for mate desktop

#8

Open new thread please.

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