diff -urN aumix-2.8.orig/src/am_volume.xpm aumix-2.8/src/am_volume.xpm
--- aumix-2.8.orig/src/am_volume.xpm	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ aumix-2.8/src/am_volume.xpm	2002-12-27 15:24:34.000000000 -0600
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/* XPM */
+static char * am_volume_xpm[] = {
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diff -urN aumix-2.8.orig/src/common.c aumix-2.8/src/common.c
--- aumix-2.8.orig/src/common.c	2002-10-29 15:27:51.000000000 -0600
+++ aumix-2.8/src/common.c	2002-12-27 15:27:04.000000000 -0600
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 char           *mopt;
 char           *scheme_name;
 extern char    *optarg;
-int             usage_ok = 1;
+int             usage_ok = 1, am_linger = 0;
 
 int             main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
    but we do it anyway because it makes sense for line1, line2 and line3.
  */
 	while (TRUE) {
-		optn = getopt(argc, argv, "hILqSd:f:C:v:b:t:s:w:P:p:l:m:c:x:W:R:r:i:o:1:2:3:");
+		optn = getopt(argc, argv, "hILqSd:f:C:v:b:t:s:w:P:p:l:m:c:x:W:R:r:i:o:1:2:3:A:");
 		if (optn == -1)
 			break;
 /* Funny, strchr() returns a pointer to char, according to the man page,
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@
 			case 'h':	/* Show help. */
 				Usage(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 				break;
+			case 'A':	/* Show volume indicator */
+				am_linger = atoi(optarg);
+				interactive = IN_GTK;
+				break;
 			default:	/* Show help. */
 				Usage(EXIT_FAILURE);
 			}
@@ -224,7 +228,11 @@
 		if (!devmask)
 			return EFINDDEVICE;
 		gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
-		InitScreenGTK();
+		if (am_linger > 0) {
+			InitApplianceModeGTK(am_linger);
+		} else {
+			InitScreenGTK();
+		}
 		gtk_main();
 		return 0;
 	}
diff -urN aumix-2.8.orig/src/gtk.c aumix-2.8/src/gtk.c
--- aumix-2.8.orig/src/gtk.c	2002-10-29 15:27:52.000000000 -0600
+++ aumix-2.8/src/gtk.c	2002-12-27 16:14:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "../data/aumix.xpm"
 #include "record.xpm"
 #include "play.xpm"
+#include "am_volume.xpm"
 #include "interactive.h"
 #include <signal.h>		/* SIGALRM */
 
@@ -377,6 +378,90 @@
 	alarm(REFRESH_PERIOD);
 }
 
+
+/* Appliance Mode - Show a TV-like green bar graph */
+void            InitApplianceModeGTK(int am_linger)
+{
+	/* Taken from the GTK+ tutorial */
+	GtkWidget *window, *main_pm, *fixed;
+	GdkPixmap *main_gdk_pm;
+	GdkBitmap *main_mask;
+	GtkStyle *style;
+	GdkGC *gc, *mask_gc;
+	GdkColor mask_color;
+	int vol, i;
+
+	window = gtk_window_new( GTK_WINDOW_POPUP );
+	gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (window), "delete_event",
+                	    GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (AMCloseOnDeleteEvent), NULL);
+	gtk_widget_show (window);
+	
+	/* Close the window after a linger timeout */
+	gtk_timeout_add (am_linger * 1000, AMCloseOnTimeout, NULL);
+
+	/* Get the volume */
+	ErrorExitWarn(ReadLevel(0, &vol), 'e');
+	vol &= 0xFF;
+
+	/* Now for the pixmap and the pixmap widget */
+	style = gtk_widget_get_default_style();
+	gc = style->black_gc;
+	main_gdk_pm = gdk_pixmap_create_from_xpm_d( window->window, &main_mask,
+                                        	 &style->bg[GTK_STATE_NORMAL],
+                                        	 am_volume_xpm );
+	mask_gc = gdk_gc_new(main_mask);
+
+	/* The pixmap has a large green area underneath.  Clear it out, and 
+	   "unmask" the volume bars. */
+	mask_color.pixel = 0;
+	gdk_gc_set_foreground(mask_gc, &mask_color);
+	gdk_draw_rectangle (main_mask, mask_gc, TRUE, 0, 40, 300, 60);
+	mask_color.pixel = 1;
+	gdk_gc_set_foreground(mask_gc, &mask_color);
+	for (i = 0; i < vol / 5; i++)
+	{
+		gdk_draw_rectangle(main_mask, mask_gc, TRUE, i * 10, 50, 
+				   5, 25);
+	}
+	
+	main_pm = gtk_pixmap_new( main_gdk_pm, main_mask );
+	gtk_widget_show( main_pm );
+
+	/* To display the pixmap, we use a fixed widget to place the pixmap */
+	fixed = gtk_fixed_new();
+	gtk_widget_set_usize( fixed, 300, 100 );
+	gtk_fixed_put( GTK_FIXED(fixed), main_pm, 0, 0 );
+	gtk_container_add( GTK_CONTAINER(window), fixed );
+	gtk_widget_show( fixed );
+
+
+	/* This masks out everything except for the image itself */
+	gtk_widget_shape_combine_mask( window, main_mask, 0, 0 );
+
+	/* show the window */
+	gtk_widget_set_uposition( window, 800, 650 );
+	gtk_widget_show( window );
+	gtk_main ();
+
+}
+
+/* When invoked (via signal delete_event), terminates the application */
+gint            AMCloseOnDeleteEvent(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEvent  *event,
+                                     gpointer   data )
+{
+    gtk_exit(0);
+    return(FALSE);
+}
+
+/* Terminates the application */
+gint            AMCloseOnTimeout(gpointer data)
+{
+    gtk_exit(0);
+    return(FALSE);
+}
+
+
+
 void            CloseScreenGTK(void)
 {
 	gtk_exit(0);
diff -urN aumix-2.8.orig/src/gtk.h aumix-2.8/src/gtk.h
--- aumix-2.8.orig/src/gtk.h	2002-03-17 19:26:15.000000000 -0600
+++ aumix-2.8/src/gtk.h	2002-12-27 15:31:38.000000000 -0600
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 void            AdjustLevelGTK(int device);
 void            AdjustBalanceGTK(int device);
 void            InitScreenGTK(void);
+void		InitApplianceModeGTK(int);
+gint		AMCloseOnDeleteEvent(GtkWidget * widget, GdkEvent * event, gpointer data);
+gint		AMCloseOnTimeout(gpointer data);
 void            CloseScreenGTK(void);
 void            FileOKLoad(GtkWidget * w, GtkFileSelection * fs);
 void            FileOKSave(GtkWidget * w, GtkFileSelection * fs);
