[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