Re: to beep or not to beep...
Andrew E. Mileski (aem@ott.hookup.net)
Thu, 9 Jan 1997 18:34:53 -0500 (EST)
> On Thu, 9 Jan 1997 06:52:32 +0100 (MET),
> Hirling Endre <micimaci@thunder.sch.bme.hu> wrote:
> >I've run into the following not severe but annoying problem while using
> >Linux at night in a student hostel: I couldn't find a simple way to
> >disable all sounds(beeps) that sounds e.g. when I mistype a filename and
> >press tab to complete it.
>
> echo -ne '\033[11;0]' sets bell duration to 0 milliseconds on a text
> console. You need to reissue that command after any console reset and
> for each text console you have active. xterm has -vb, other X
> applications may have to be done separately. The man page for
> console-ioctl lists a couple of ioctls for beep, never tried them.
Or wire your PC speaker through the unused TURBO switch.
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