On 2009-04-21, Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> 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.
ah, I forgot about audible bells in X, I haven't been troubled by them for a while. there, I'm using: XTerm*visualBell: true XTerm*bellIsUrgent: true window-managers which can take the hint can use this to highlight the beeping window when you're looking at something else (it works pretty nicely with DWM which highlights the tag for the virtual desktop in reverse video so you can see when someone /m's you while you're doing something else). works nicely with tmux, too. (trying to get this working nicely in screen is what made me switch to tmux, actually..).
