ibook startup bell, how to remove

gonai · n00b Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Bolzano

well,

this is a very strange question, i've seen that there are some software for macosx that mute sound at startup, what about gentoo? or does someone know how remove that sound? i really don't like it.
Thank you.
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Cenrim · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject:

well.. I would say: go into OpenFirmware, type nvedit and have fun screwing up! :twisted:

somewhere there in the depth of nvram, maybe there is an option like "whistle" ^^
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gonai · n00b Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Bolzano

LooL ^_^

alright.. nobody knows it ^_^

thanks.
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boutil · n00b Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 1

I haven't a real solution, but still it can help : if you hold the mute key (fn+F3) during the startup, you will not listen the "boing".

bz31 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 108

nvsetvol

Massimo B. · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:48 pm Post subject:

In OF you can also look at all options with printenv and configure with setenv or something like that.
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sceptiq · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Nov 2004 Posts: 103

you kann boot OSX, mute sound...

gonai · n00b Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Bolzano

this topic is not about muting sound, it is about killing that awful bell..

thanks
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JoseJX · Retired Dev Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 2774

Sceptiq is right, there's no need to be dismissive. Shutting down OSX with the sound muted will turn the startup chime off.
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sceptiq · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Nov 2004 Posts: 103

why to kill?

gonai · n00b Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Bolzano

yeah.. but who has osx installed? not me.. i like apple's hw but the sw is awful like winblows..
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ecatmur · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:43 am Post subject:

So far the only solution I've found is to hold the mute key (Fn+F3) while turning it on.
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Massimo B. · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:49 am Post subject: iBook startup screen illumination

Muting in OSX doesn't work for me.
But then I got this: Dimming the screen light close to minimum with OSX will make the iBook start with a darker screen. That's what I wanted.
But it's only dark until the kernel loads. Even dmesg tells about 15/15 light, and I didn't find a kernel parameter for this.
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JoseJX · Retired Dev Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 2774

You can set the initial brightness in pbbuttonsd.
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Massimo B. · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject:

Of course, JoseJX. I was pointing to the real initial brightness. It should be more healthy not to switch from off to maximum when turning on the iBook.