From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 16 06:02:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB1916A407 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:02:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CB5243D45 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:02:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 13807 invoked by uid 399); 16 Nov 2006 06:02:38 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.7?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 16 Nov 2006 06:02:38 -0000 Message-ID: <455BFEFD.104@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:02:37 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061111) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org References: <454D1F48.4010108@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <454D1F48.4010108@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: PC speaker could wake the dead X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:02:39 -0000 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. FYI I've found a solution, for X anyway. I added 'xset -b' to my startup routine, and 'XTerm*visualBell: True' to my .Xresources file, and now I'm a happy (quiet) camper. :) hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection