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How do i tone down the alert beeps


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hi,

 

how do i turn down (or at the worst turn off) the alert beeps that bash is giving me whenever i type something wrong and use auto-complete? i know as much that bash has a a switch for beeps but why does it have to be so loud? its annoying especially when im listening to a sound file. cant i just tone it down to a little peep instead of waking the whole neighborhood at night?

 

thanks.

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are you using KDE? if so, try KCC->sound->system bell. you can set volume, pitch, & duration from there. if you're not using KDE, then.......i dunno! :shock:

 

Chris

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You can switch it off by editing /etc/inputrc, to add

 

set bell-style none

 

you could also set this to visual to give you a graphical warning. If you just want to lower its volume you'll probably have to mess about with a mixer for your sound setup.

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In Gnome, it's:

Control Center->Peripherals->Keyboard->Keyboard bell

 

In Eterm there is a setting for 'visual bell' under Terminal -> Toggles

You can also put in ~./xsession:

 

In xterm:

xset b off

 

 b       The  b  option  controls bell volume, pitch and duration.  This

              option accepts up to three numerical  parameters,  a  preceding

              dash(-),  or  a  'on/off' flag.  If no parameters are given, or

              the 'on' flag is used, the system defaults will  be  used.   If

              the  dash  or 'off' are given, the bell will be turned off.  If

              only one numerical parameter is given, the bell volume will  be

              set  to  that value, as a percentage of its maximum.  Likewise,

              the second numerical parameter specifies  the  bell  pitch,  in

              hertz, and the third numerical parameter specifies the duration

              in milliseconds.  Note that not all hardware can vary the  bell

              characteristics.   The X server will set the characteristics of

              the bell as closely as it can to the user's specifications.



<<snip>>



Note that not all X implementations are  guaranteed  to  honor  all  of

      these options.

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