.On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:31:50 -0400 (EDT) "Carl Gehr"
<ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:15:21 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>
>>On 09/19/08 11:31 am, Carl Gehr thus wrote :
>>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:28:14 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 09/16/08 09:03 pm, Julian Thomas thus wrote :
>>>>
>>>>> is there any way on these machines to regulate the sound of the beep?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Not AFAIK, sorry...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have you tried:
>>> "On Screen Display utility for most Thinkpad laptops"
>>>
>>Doesn't work for ACPI machines, unfortunately...
>>
>>Look in the ACPI docs for references to the remote control package. That
>>might be usable to adjust speaker volume from the buttons, but perhaps
>>not the beep.
>
>Well, my T60 is using ACPI and APM. And, as I change the volume with
>the button on the top of the keyboard, it beeps softer/louder as the
>volume changes; or it turns the sound off completely. When I use it to
>turn the volume off, there is no sound from anything. When I set it
>loud, every sound I hear is loud, including beeps.
>
>I have done nothing with the ACPI settings -- Mostly, because I just do
>not understand what they do. e.g., What is the "remote control package"
>that you mention? What do you do that creates a beep that is not
>controlled by the tool?
>
>I guess YMMV, but it does work here...
>
Wow...
You might want to drop Jan a note about that. The T61 seems to ignore it. I
guess that's due to the fine differences between the two models.
Thanks for the clarification, Carl!!
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