Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Dec 1999 07:41:16 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: patch to turn internal speaker on/off |
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On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Keith Owens wrote:
>"Ryan Gordon" <ryan_gordon@hotmail.com> wrote: >>So I've got some kernel patches to disable beeps and blips from the internal >>speaker. > >What is wrong with "setterm -blength 0" and "xset -b off"?
It doesn't prevent someone from using the speaker. It just stops programs that do a ^G from beeping. Programs and scripts are free to call setterm again and change the blength as they want.
A kernel option, makes for a completely silent PC speaker. Aside from accessing the ioports directly perhaps.
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