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I'm using Debian 8 with Openbox which comes with PulseAudio by default. And I cannot find a volume icon which works properly.

I try Volti (the volume becomes very low and sometimes doesn't work), Pavucontrol (doesn't have a volume icon) and try to compile pa-applet (I can't compile then! Many others have the same problem) and volctl (doesn't appear on the panel).

I didn't try volumeicon because in many forums people say that they don't work properly with PulseAudio, so I did not even try then.

I read about pulseaudio-ctl, but it hasn't a volume icon.

Any help?

I have tried again to compile the pa-applet (it aren't on Debian repository) and looking in the "issue" of his project on GitHub, I find a fork that a dude made and he fix the problem of compiling that I have. So, case closed. If you are looking for an icon volume, just compile the pa-applet through the original project on GitHub or by this fork that I mentioned. =)

The original project.

https://github.com/fernandotcl/pa-applet

The fork.

https://github.com/Strubbl/pa-applet

Try pnmixer - this is the perfect little applet for controlling volume in Tint2. Add it to your autostart file in $HOME/.config/openbox.

Another simple quick option for volume control using PulseAudio with Tint2 would be to install pavucontrol and add it the the tintrc launcher options by adding launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/pavucontrol.desktop
example or tintrc:

# Launcher

launcher_padding = 2 5 2

launcher_background_id = 0

launcher_icon_background_id = -1

launcher_icon_size = 20

launcher_icon_asb = 100 0 0

launcher_icon_theme_override = 0

startup_notifications = 0

launcher_tooltip = 0

launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/Thunar.desktop

launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/org.kde.konsole.desktop

launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/pavucontrol.desktop

I installed Openbox, and indeed was missing the Volume widget. My machine is Debian Stretch 9.6 at moment of this writing.
I installed the Package "volumeicon-alsa"
- sudo apt install volumeicon-alsa

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  Open the tint2 config file:

  
  
  

  sudo [text-editor] $HOME/.config/tint2/tint2rc
  
  

  
  
  

  Re-arrange the panel items display and order in the "#panel" section.
  
  For ex."panel_items = TSECB"

  
  


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  add a new config section for audio as E-'executor':

  
  
  

  # Executor 1  
  
  execp = new  
  
  execp_command = volumeicon  
  
  execp_interval = 0  
  
  execp_has_icon = 1  
  
  execp_cache_icon = 0  
  
  execp_continuous = 0  
  
  

  
  



• Save the file $HOME/.config/tint2/tint2rc



• Update the running tint2 with "sudo killall -SIGUSR1 tint2"


• start tint2conf GUI, and go to "panel items" and add the "Executor" that has been created and apply changes.

You should now have the audio widget showing up.