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Re: Ubuntu 8.10 query

Subject: Re: Ubuntu 8.10 query
From: Hugh Newbury
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:25:44 +0000
Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux

Theo Markettos wrote:
> Hugh Newbury <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Jon, Many thanks for that. I'll try it, but as I've got the vol at zero
>> anyway, it might be bypassing the usual earphone socket. But it is
>> easier (for me) than mucking about with the kernel!
> 
> Try seeing if you can disable the PC speaker in the BIOS.  'PC speaker' is
> the beep that existed before sound cards, and might be being mixed without
> passing through the usual volume control mixer.  It shouldn't affect the use
> of soundcard functions.
> 
> If you want to test, try holding down a random letter key during boot -
> normally when the BIOS keyboard buffer overflows it should beep.
> 
> Theo

Tried that, but with no luck. Looks as if I shall have to have a go at
the kernel. Boohoo.

Hugh

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