On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 06:17:04PM -0400, Yasir Malik wrote:

> After I typed the third line,
> the static went away.

Easy guess.

> However, the static sound is still there
> even though it is barely audible.

Using mute "on" on all stuff should do it.
Otherwise, either mixerctl doesn't do it
right (possible) either your hardware has
a problem (?)

-- 
Gilbert Fernandes