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Subject: Re: PC speaker could wake the dead
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On 2006-11-04 15:16 -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> Since y'all were so helpful with the last question ....
> 
> My PC speaker on my new laptop is SO INCREDIBLY LOUD. Is there any way
> to quiet the thing down, or mute it altogether? The speaker control in
> the mixer does no good at all, with or without the speaker kld loaded.

Dell is known for that, I don't know what they're thinking... I have 'xset b 0' 
set in my autostart for windowmaker.. 'xset b 0&' in .xinitrc should work too.


Amar.