Startup and Shutdown Sound Volume

[Bruce MacArthur]

On Monday 24 August 2009 11:30:56 am Willy Hamra wrote:
> 2009/8/24 Bruce MacArthur <bmacasuru at fastmail.us>:
> > On Monday 24 August 2009 10:22:53 am John DeCarlo wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have tried Googling and searching, but have not found where in
> > Jaunty to
> >> manage the volume of the startup and shutdown (login, logout?) 
sounds.
> >>
> >> They are literally the loudest sounds that ever come out of my
> > computer
> >> speakers.  I have tried turning up the volume to maximum on all of 
my
> > mixer
> >> settings and still can't get sounds that loud.
> >>
> >> Any help finding and changing this setting would be much 
appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> --
> >> John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own
> >> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34091576500&ref=mf
> >>
> > Hello, John --
> > I'm not sure whether your goal is to increase the volume on "other
> > things" or to reduce the volume of startup and shutdown sounds!
> > Assuming the latter -- personally, I find these sounds to be 
obnoxious in
> > the extreme!!! -- I click on the "speaker" icon on the system tray, 
and
> > then click on the "Mute" check-box.  That gives me the great peace 
of NO
> > noise.  You CAN adjust the volume there, if that is what you want.
> > Sometimes it seems to take effect only after rebooting, but sometimes 
it
> > seems to take effect immediately.  I hope this helps.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> i have the same problem and question. i have 2 speakers wich don't
> have a volume control, they are always set at the loudest. i have to
> control them from the OS's volume control. for all sounds, this works
> perfectly. but the startup sound doesn't abide by the volume specified
> in kmix, which is quite annoying, specially while working at night.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Willy K. Hamra
> Manager of Hamra Information Systems
> 
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Hello, Willy --
As a general rule, every (computer-style!) speaker SYSTEM has an 
external volume control -- even though it tends to be a single control 
for all related speakers!  That control is always useful.  KMix is also 
a very good control -- at least most of the time.  When it seems to be 
inadequate, I still suggest using the simplistic control that pops up 
when you click on the "speaker icon" in the system tray.  It is not 
quite the same thing as KMix-in-a-single-control, and it is well worth 
trying!