How do I turn down the volume on a system beep ?

[Eli Wapniarski]

Never write emails when you just wake up. :). That's the lesson here folks.

And thanks for the extra info Kevin.

Eli

On Thursday 25 March 2010 07:44:33 Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > If you are unable to see the beep in kmix you will need to configure
> > channels and select it. If you do not see the option, it means that the
> > kde multimedia system is configured to work with phonon and not alsa.
> 
> "Phonon and not ALSA"? Huh? I think you mean PulseAudio where you wrote
> "phonon". But KMix PulseAudio integration is disabled by default in Fedora
> 12!
> 
> > I do not remember where to configure this in the kde settings. Kevin
> > Koffler pointed this one out to me and is documented at
> 
> There's only one 'f' at "Kofler"!
> 
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KDE_PulseAudio_Integration
> > 
> > At the bottom there is the section called "Release Notes" and there you
> > will find the following information. Of course, you will have to logoff
> > and back on to your KDE session to be able to see the change.
> 
> But the suggested change is already the default setup on Fedora 12! That
> feature page is for Fedora 13.
> 
> The PC speaker setting in ALSA (and thus KMix) will only work if you're
> having your sound card emulate the PC speaker, which is probably not how
> his hardware is set up. (I think that feature is only used on some
> laptops.) If: * you're using the actual PC speaker for beeps (not the
> sound card) OR * you're redirecting the X11 bell to the sound card in
> software using PA OR * the program isn't using beeps at all, but some
> GNOME notification sound, then that setting will have no effect
> whatsoever.
> 
>         Kevin Kofler
> 
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