[ltp] Q: Loud system beep

[Paul Fox]

richard wrote:
 > 
 > Henrik Enberg wrote:
 > > "Alexey I. Froloff" <raorn@cnt.ru> writes:
 > >> System beep (PC speaker emulation) is too loud on my X41,
 ...
 > 
 > Are you talking about:
 > 
 > 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,
 > 
 > or
 > 
 > b)pc speaker emulation, caused eg by KDE system notification.
 > 
 > In the former case, you should have a separate mixer device for it; you 
 > can also make it quieter by making it *shorter*. Use xset.

i'm not the OP, but in my case, the beeps that are Way Too Loud
are the ones that tell you the power adapter's been plugged in
or unplugged.  it's not clear to me that xset, or a sound mixer,
will help for those.  (i'm not near my laptop, so i can't really
try it.)  for instance, an X11 setting certainly won't help if i'm
not logged in.  but i'll look for a mixer setting.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 45.7 degrees)