*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.
