That's interesting.  The system beep is pretty quiet on my 131 based laptop,
so I need to use xset to turn it up.  For the same build you need to use
xset to turn it down.  It may be a challenge to come up with a fix. :-)

tom

Jim Nissen writes:
> Oops.  I listed B130, and meant B131...
> 
>  > cat /etc/release
>       OpenSolaris Development snv_131 X86
> 
> 
> On 01/25/10 05:18 PM, Tom Whitten wrote:
> > You may see things changing again in 131.  See
> > http://monaco.sfbay/detail.jsf?cr=6885862.
> >
> > tom
> >
> > Jim Nissen writes:
> >    
> >> Thanks, Alan.  I suppose I'll need to open a CR to see what can be done
> >> about toning it down, huh?
> >>
> >> On 01/25/10 04:49 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> >>      
> >>> Jim Nissen wrote:
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>>> I've been aware of the "loud system beep" issue since the early 120
> >>>> builds of OpenSolaris, and have had a gnome startup process created to
> >>>> run the xset workaround.  However, it seems each time I upgrade
> >>>> OpenSolaris, I have to recreate the gnome startup process, and I've
> >>>> noticed with b130 that the system is excessively loud, EVEN when I turn
> >>>> the gnome volume down.
> >>>>
> >>>> It leads me to ask, at what point did all this system beep stuff change,
> >>>> at why do we even have to deal with it?  It never seemed to be a problem
> >>>> with Solaris<   OpenSolaris.  It's nice that we have a workaround, but
> >>>> seems silly that it's loud to begin with.
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>> At some point (probably when GNOME 2.28 integrated into nv_124), GNOME
> >>> took over control of the X bell and started playing it through GNOME
> >>> sound themes instead.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
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