From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 25 14:25:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dv-db.com (dv-db.com [207.159.141.95]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E89137B406 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 14:25:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mark2 (host217-35-41-152.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.35.41.152]) by dv-db.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA06911; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 22:25:38 +0100 (GMT/BST) Message-ID: <022e01c14608$83ba6c80$0200a8c0@mark2> From: "Mark Hughes" To: "Benedikt Schmidt" , References: <200109252059.f8PKxs701428@csa.bu.edu> <20010925232149.A15570@wn4-marvin.wn4.uni-karlsruhe.de> Subject: Re: laptop speaker question Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 22:24:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Hello, > > I'm in a strange predicament. My laptop has no sound device, > > meaning I can not use 'mixer speaker 0:0'. My hands are quite > > twitchy, meaning I cause FreeBSD to beep when I press > > backspace to many times or an incorrect combonation of keys. > > This upsets my classmates to the nTH degree, who are trying to > > take notes. > > > > Is there a way I could mute the speaker? There is no /dev/speaker, > > and speaker is not in my kernel conf. > > > > I would appreciate any input on this, Is it a Dell laptop by any chance? I have a Dell Inspiron that beeps when you push more than two keys at the same time - are you sure it's FreeBSD and not the laptop itself beeping? I think (althoguh I could be wrong) that you can turn off the bleep in the BIOS setup screens. Mark -- Mark Hughes - DVD & Film Content Manager, Technical Officer Digital Spy Ltd http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ Your number one source for digital media and entertainment news! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message