On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 05:02:53AM +0000, H. Hartzer wrote: > Hi misc@, > > Not 100% sure this is a bug, but it feels like it is. Not sure if it's > my audio driver or if this is universal. >
The pc-speaker is a separate device, most of the time with its own speaker. On most laptops, the pc-speaker signal is wired to the audio device (to save space). To disable it, the simpler is to tell X(7) to not produce beeps, ex. with "xset b off". Certain audio devices have a level control for the pc speaker signal, it's exposed by mixerctl(1). Not very practical (it's hardware dependent and requires root privileges). > If I do sndioctl output.level=0, I don't hear any PC speaker beeps, like > the terminal beeps (\a). > > If I do sndioctl output.mute=1, while output.level is greater than 0, I > hear the beeps. > > Is this intentional? I certainly find it confusing. Not intentional, but probably confusing if you're unfamiliar with PC history ;-) Alternatively, you could make X(7) use the audio device instead of the pc speaker, the x11/sndiokeys port can do this. Despite the bloat, the result might look less confusing, and works regardless the underlying hardwre, including usb headsets, etc.
