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Fog_Watch
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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:36 am Post subject: How do I enable PC speaker beep for user in X SOLVED |
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As root, when I echo -e "\a" at a console or in X, I get a beep.
As user, when I echo -e "\a" at a console, I get a beep, but not in X. That is, when in X as a user I cannot get the PC speaker/system bell to beep. Any ideas why this might be?
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$ Xorg -version
X.Org X Server 1.11.2
Release Date: 2011-11-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.1.10-gentoo-r1 i686 Gentoo
Current Operating System: Linux mr-lazy 3.1.10-gentoo-r1 #11 SMP Tue
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video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap vga=0x037d Build Date: 03 February 2012
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Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
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$ icewm --version
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$ terminal --version
terminal 0.4.8 (Xfce 4.8)
Copyright (c) 2003-2011
The Xfce development team. All rights reserved.
Written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>
and Nick Schermer <nick@xfce.org>.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| audiodef wrote: | | what do you want the PC speaker beep in X for? |
That is a more interesting question than I expected:
- I want Firefox to beep, annoyingly, two hours after it was started. (Yes, that's the kind of guy I am.)
- Because my described experience bemuses me, and I don't like it when my computer does that. Besides, I usually find that finding a solution to a problem usually has benefit beyond the immediate situation at hand.
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netfab
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:12 am Post subject: Re: How do I enable PC speaker beep for user in X |
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| Fog_Watch wrote: |
As user, when I echo -e "\a" at a console, I get a beep, but not in X. That is, when in X as a user I cannot get the PC speaker/system bell to beep. Any ideas why this might be?
$ terminal --version
terminal 0.4.8 (Xfce 4.
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With Terminal, the bell is an hidden option which is disabled by default.
See file:///usr/share/doc/terminal-0.4.8/C/advanced.html#hidden-options
Is it enabled in your profile ? |
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| Fog_Watch wrote: | | Any ideas why this might be? |
| netfab wrote: | | Is it enabled in your profile ? |
It wasn't, but it is now, which solves the problem as described[/u][/url].
For the record, file:///~/.config/Terminal/terminalrc doesn't exist by default. To create it go to Edit, Preferences, change something, and close the terminal. In the file can then be found MiscBell=. |
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