Re: Annoying beeping in Linux

Patrick D. Ashmore (pda@procyon.com)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:37:51 -0500 (CDT)


On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Alex Buell wrote:

> I only realised my Linux machine was very annoying to other people
> because of its incessant beeping whenever I make typos or press
> backspace too far; (which I can't hear as I am deaf!). How the hell do I
> switch it off?!

For console terminals, you can use setterm to change some of the
characteristics of the bell/beep... My manpage is rather limited, but
setting the length of the bell to 0 makes it go away. (setterm -blength 0)

>From X, you can use xset to turn the bell off... xset b off.

There may be better ways to do it, but these seem like the logical way. :)

Hope that helps!

Regards,
Patrick

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