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Re: next amd64 stretch problem



On Monday 06 May 2019 03:33:06 am Curt wrote:

> On 2019-05-06, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > I have only one, very weak sound, from kmails new mail beep.  Down
> > about 20 db from what I'm used to hearing.
>
> xset b 100?
>
Worked, but 100% is not that much louder, just enough to notice.

> Does that set the bell/beep volume at a hundred percent?
>
> The man page says
>
>  b
>  ...
>  If only one numerical parameter is given, the bell volume will be set
> to that value, as a percentage of its maximum.
>
> A second numerical value would set the pitch in hertz (unrelated to
> car rentals).
>
> A third would set the duration in milliseconds.
>
> Whether this is the way to skin this cat I don't know, but something
> to try maybe. I see in another of your emails that you've found
> speaker-test.
>
> Here are my bell values from 'xset -q':
>
>  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
>
> Good luck.
>
> > Everything else is muted.  And I can't find the speaker-test utility
> > in the repo's to even begin to troubleshoot, so whats the next step?
> >
> > Thanks all;
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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