PNMIXER(1)

📦 version 0.7.2, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 PNMIXER 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about pnmixer — she's a mixer for your system tray, and she is lowkey the moment. this is the manual page for the pnmixer command, and yes, we're doing the whole thing, every last flag, no skipping. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pnmixer [OPTION]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one optional flag and she's off. 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so. pnmixer is a simple mixer application designed to run in your system tray. that's her whole personality and honestly? iconic.

here's the tea: she integrates nicely into desktop environments that don't have a panel supporting applets — meaning those setups literally cannot run a mixer applet at all. so pnmixer just slides in and handles it. no cap. in particular she's been used quite a lot with fbpanel and tint2, but she should run fine in any system tray. she's flexible like that. 💅

now, the important part — she's designed to work on systems that use ALSA for sound management. any other sound driver, like OSS or FFADO, is currently not supported. (the manual does say patches welcome, so if that's your thing… 👀)

and then there's the PulseAudio situation: pnmixer has been reported to work well with PulseAudio, but fr fr — we lack feedback on this matter. so it's giving "trust me bro" energy. it probably slays, we just don't have receipts. 🦋

🫶 OPTIONS 🫶

pnmixer follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (that's -). bestie behavior honestly.

  • -d, --debug — turns on debug messages. she will tell you everything. main character transparency. 🔥
  • -h, --help — shows a summary of the options and then exits. she's helpful and then she leaves. queen. 👑
  • -v, --version — shows the version information and then exits. just a quick flex and she's gone. ⭐

💜 SEE ALSO

nothing else listed here, bestie — this page is self-sufficient. she stands alone. 💀✨

heads up: any other sound driver like OSS or FFADO is not supported right now. don't come for her, come with patches. 🙈

and that's the whole page, babe. this little slice of documentation is from General Commands Manual, version 0.7.2, dated February 2017 — a vintage queen who's still running trays to this day. love that for her. 🍓🧚💜

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