On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 08:55:54PM -0600, Anna wrote: > On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 12:53 PM, C. Scott Ananian <csc...@cscott.net> wrote: > > IIRC startup volume is persistent, but I can't remember how it is > > adjusted. > > Oh, this was one of the more common questions I used to get from > teachers here in Birmingham. The startup tones were extremely > distracting in the classroom.
Prepare a USB drive for your teachers to disable the sound: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Startup_sound#Can_we_disable_it_for_a_classroom.3F > I just tested this on my XO4 to make sure the process is the same as > it was on the XO-1. Yes, it is the same across XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4. > Start with the XO4 powered off. Locate and hover your finger over > F11 (the volume down key) and get ready. Power on. While (or even > before, it doesn't hurt anything) you hear the tones, press F11 > repeatedly until the volume level is satisfactory. To raise the > volume back up, it's the same process but with F12 (volume up). You can also hold a volume key down after turning the laptop on, and it will repeat. You can use this on any random XO you pick up to avoid the startup sound almost entirely. > I think at this point some of us have technically heard The Edge's > guitar playing more than a lot of U2 fans. Yes, during OLPC conference calls and team meetings having some participant reboot an XO repeatedly was very distracting. ;-) Sick of U2? You can now change the startup sound. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Startup_sound#Can_we_use_another_sound.3F -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
