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

[Linuxguy123]

On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 19:16 +0000, Charlie Brej wrote:
> On 03/22/2010 05:36 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 18:30 +0100, Henrik Frisk wrote:
> >>>> System beeps, ie Evolution receiving a new email are very loud.  How do
> >>>> I turn them down ?
> >>>
> >>> I want to keep the volume I have for media listening, I want to keep the
> >>> system warnings but just at a lower volume.
> >>>
> >> $ xset -b 50
> >
> > Its actually xset b 50, not xset -b 50.
> >
> > Thanks !
> 
> Actually, neither of those work on x86 PCs. There is an option in X but 
> it doesn't do anything. You can change the pitch but not the volume. I 
> tried a while back to offer a patch to the kernel to enable this, but no 
> one was that interested because the system bell was essentially dead.

If its not used, why is it beeping on my machine ?

Do I have something set up wrong in my sound configuration ?

Thanks