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(efaq)Turning the volume down

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How do I turn down the bell volume in Emacs running under X?
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   On X Window system, you can adjust the bell volume and duration for
all programs with the shell command `xset'.

   Invoking `xset' without any arguments produces some basic
information, including the following:

     usage:  xset [-display host:dpy] option ...
       To turn bell off:
           -b                b off               b 0
       To set bell volume, pitch and duration:
            b [vol [pitch [dur]]]          b on