Re: How can I get rid of the starting bong! (G4-mac mini)?

[Michael Schmitz <schmitz@zirkon.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

> >> Mi G4 mac mini, following apple tradition, starts with a noisy "bong!".
> >> This is a real nuissance for me; I've talked to him, but to no avail...
> >
> > nvsetvol 0
>
> While this seems to work indeed, there is more to it, I beleive.
>
> Under OS X there are a few apps that can independantly of sound volume,
> change the volume of the startup sound. I have done this on mine,
> verified it is silent, but still nvsetvol shows a default volume of 24.
>
> So I believe there are two settings under OF, and I hope nvsetvol
> changes either both of them, or a master applzing to the two.

I've tried one of the tools you reported on my Powerbook. All it does is
set the nvram volume parameter different from the master volume. Maybe it
does something different on the mini - I can send you a debug nvsetenv
binary that dumps the entire nvram to check that. Dumping /dev/nvram
and comparing the binary blobs directly should even show differences
in other places of the nvram (I see two regions that differ, one of these
can be assigned to the XPRAM chunk).

	Michael