Gnome volume control regressions

Currently I’m running Mandriva 2009.1 Cooker, and while I’m satisfied overall, I’m having a hard time with the new Gnome volume control.
I wanted to play an audio book for my girlfriend who was feeling sick, so I downloaded one and played it over my amplifier while I continued reading my daily dose of weblogs. I was unpleasantly surprised when I pressed a wrong cursor key and the system beep (played through my line-out) was so loud that my heart skipped a beat.
OK, no problem, right? Just turn down the volume for the PC Speaker. That used to be a question of double-clicking the volume control to get a full mixer and setting a simple slider, but I fear that it had to go in the name of progress. (Note: I’m not trying to bash PulseAudio here— I have no problems with PA as such!)

Gnome 2.26 volume control

There is simply no way in the new volume control (nor pavucontrol) to influence the sound level of the system beep.
So I went and asked on irc, and people suggested to unload the pcspkr module. W.T.F.? I feel like being thrown back ten years in time. Sorry people, but that’s unacceptable. Here’s the bug report.

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