System tray volume control

Hey all -
I'm looking for a volume control system tray applet that is controlled by a slider rather than mouse wheel. This is mostly because I want to use this on my laptop, which I normally control via touch pad rather than a 'full' mouse. This takes both volwheel (which is a great app, just not suited for me here...) and gvtray (also a great app, but hideously ugly and ill suited for this.)
Any help?

i dont know what version of gvtray you were using, but this one has a slider. i've hardcoded the icons, but you can easily change that. default is my gnome volume icons.
http://rafb.net/p/yPeaWY33.html
let me know if you need anything, i know longer use this script so it may take me a while to figure out what's wrong. also i didnt write it, just edited for my needs.
edit: i've just looked at it again. it only uses one icon, so there is effectively no status indicator. i think it was gbatt that i made use multiple icons. sorry.
Last edited by rson451 (2008-04-18 00:12:30)

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