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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Console beep Date: 3 Jul 1996 01:02:25 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4rd2dh$125@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <slrn4tf37b.2a3.matt@hex.hna.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Matt McLeod (matt@hna.com.au) wrote: : I finally got around to trying out FreeBSD, and I really like it (I had : thought that Linux was pretty good stuff, but, if my initial impressions are : anything to go by, FreeBSD is even better). : I have found one minor annoyance, though - the console beep. Presumably : there's a way to change this (perhaps by fooling around with the kernel : sources?), but before I do anything really silly, I'd like to know if : there's a "correct" way to fix this (ideally, I'd like to replace it with : either a visual cue, or by dumping something to /dev/audio). : Any pointers gratefully received. Try "kbdcontrol -b visual </dev/ttyv0" -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....