Bug#614893: sysvinit: shutdown creates a beep with standard shutdown message

2013-03-09 Thread Andreas Fackler
Is there any reason to keep the beep? For anything but server installations this is really annoying, so I would opt for just removing it completely (see attached patch). Index: sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/dowall.c === ---

Bug#614893: sysvinit: shutdown creates a beep with standard shutdown message

2012-03-26 Thread Nathan Todd
I agree with the sentiments stated previously. This beep is highly annoying and should, at least, be configurable. I'm running Debian on a laptop, and I find this beep to be obscenely annoying when using my laptop in a public environment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#614893: sysvinit: shutdown creates a beep with standard shutdown message

2012-01-19 Thread Bertrand Marc
Hi, I also find this beep very inconvenient and totally agree with Andreas on this point. It has been almost a year, are there any progress on making this beep disappear ? Is there any justification for this beep ? I don't consider removing the pcspkr module a fix, since it disables any system

Bug#614893: sysvinit: shutdown creates a beep with standard shutdown message

2011-02-23 Thread Andreas Tepe
Package: sysvinit Version: 2.88dsf-13 Severity: normal The shutdown command prints a shutdown message to the (any) console. This message includes the ascii character 0x07 and creates a system beep. I have at least two computers where I cannot mute this beep. It will also happen when shutting