On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 10:33 -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote:
> Smells like an X problem, to me.  Evo just called gdk_beep(), which
> calls XBell(), which is supposed to beep.  The actual beep volume
> depends on X settings, but I'm not exactly sure how to set them.  Also,
> it may not actually make any sound if your computer doesn't have an
> internal speaker (or the speaker is not hooked up).  The XBell doesn't
> usually use the sound card to beep, except on laptops which frequently
> have BIOS support for translating the keyboard bell into a soundcard
> beep.
> 

One other note on this:  I discovered yesterday that the volume manager
has a separate entry for the PC Speaker (which would generate the
"beep") on my computer, and it's muted.  You might want to check that,
too.

Daniel

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