Re: to beep or not to beep...

Markus Gutschke (gutschk@uni-muenster.de)
10 Jan 1997 12:28:39 +0100

Hirling Endre <micimaci@thunder.sch.bme.hu> writes:
> 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.

The most reliable option is disconnecting the speaker (if you have a
non-laptop computer, you might rewire the key switch to en-/disable
the speaker). But the software solution works almost equally well; get
hold of the modules utilities. The source code comes with a patch for
the kernel sound daemon "kdsound". This facility can be programmed to
reroute the system beep to your soundcard or to disable it completely.

Markus

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