[ltp] Q: Loud system beep

Richard Neill linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:06:15 +0100


Alexey I. Froloff wrote:
> * Richard Neill <rn214@> [070414 23:32]:
>> a)The "real" pc speaker, (pcspkr), which never actually exists as a 
>> separate speaker on a thinkpad, but has its own channel in the soundcard,
> Yes, this one.  I'd rather not to turn it off completely, just
> make it softer, if possible.  Unlike "big" soundcard I don't see
> PC Speaker in alsamixer.
> 

If you use xset to make it shorter (eg 30ms), and at a pitch you find 
pleasant (eg 440 Hz) it becomes (effectively) quieter.

Richard