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Date:      Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:07:37 -0400
From:      "fbsd user" <fbsdmoz@hotmail.com>
To:        jhb@FreeBSD.org, evms@cs.bu.edu
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: laptop speaker question
Message-ID:  <F204bNZjGazDE7lk5Ed0000673d@hotmail.com>

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>On 25-Sep-01 Evan Sarmiento wrote:
> > 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,
>
>Hack the sysbeep() function in sys/i386/isa/clock.c and make it just return
>immediately instead of doing anything if you want. :)
>

  I've had BIOS that would allow you to disable the PC Speaker from the BIOS 
config.  Have you checked that?


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