ramfree17 Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted October 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 thanks for the replies. i dont use kde but i do have it installed. ill try fooling with the mixer settings first chance that i get. if that doesnt work then ill turn it off completely. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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