Kubuntu Gutsy: Volume OSD is too small

[gpothier]

In a freshly installed Kubuntu Gutsy, the Volume OSD (that appears when one uses the volume hot keys) is way too small and can even go unnoticed. In my opinion the size of the OSD in Feisty was right.

[Niklas Nilsson (split)]

Could this somehow be made configurable? I didn't really like the big bulky one in Feisty so the new smaller one in Gutsy was a welcome change for me.

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

I don't think we can configure this.

I like the small version, as did the rest of the development team.

[gpothier (gpothier)]

I have a 1920x1200 screen. On that screen the OSD is really small.
Where is the code that handles this? Maybe I can try to see if I can implement some way to configure it.

[gpothier (gpothier)]

Okay, I've had a look at the kmilo code. It seems the OSD is configurable through skins, however the choice of the skin is hardcoded. A possibility would be:
- implement several skins (for now there is only one in the kmilo code base, I guess the skin used in Kubuntu simply replaces the default skin of kmilo)
- add a configuration module for kmilo where one can choose the skin; that module would be available from the KDE system settings window.

I can do that, but I would like to know if it would be welcome by the kubuntu maintainers; otherwise I'll just compile another skin and replace kmilo on my own box, without creating a config module.