On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Marco Peereboom <sl...@peereboom.us> wrote: > *sigh* i am old school but i surely don't need the typewrite look and > feel. The stupid bell should be killed dead. > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:31:10AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: >> Stuart Henderson wrote: >>> On 2009-04-21, LEVAI Daniel <l...@ecentrum.hu> wrote: >>>> I'm using this ThinkPad T60, and just realized that if using an earphone, the >>>> console's audible bell is blowing my ears off. I couldn't find anything >>>> relevant in mixerctl -a output, nevertheless I've changed every outputs >>>> control's volume to 0 to see which one could be it (no luck). Is it possible >>>> to lower the system beep's volume, so my ears won't bleed by tomorrow? :) >>> >>> use wsconsctl. >> >> if I recall properly, that only helps in console mode. If working in X, >> might find xset more helpful. For example, my Acer Aspire One's >> .xsession includes the line: >> xset b 10 2000 80 >> >> which shortens the bell, reduces its volume and increases its pitch. >> Something about the default pitch just didn't seem right for this little >> machine and I wanted to reduce the volume because I often take it with >> me to places where all my vi "beep!"s would be annoying. >> >> Nick. > >
I'm not sure if this will work, but on my Debian machine I use the screen. I don't know if it's a modification of the source or it's default, but screen flashes the console instead of beeping. X or no X.
