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From: "Alan W. Trulock" <FredI@worldnet.att.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: xclock NEWBIE question
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 22:52:50 -0500
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N Fung wrote:
> 
> On 7 Feb 1997, Brian Somers wrote:
> 
> > N Fung (nfung@typhoon.co.jp) wrote:
> >
> > : My xclock "chimes" (beeps) every 30 minutes on my XFree86 with fvwm.  How
> > : may I turn off the chimes?  Many Thanks.
> >
> > Hmmm, mine doesn't.  How are you running xclock ?  You should find the
> > command in one of ~/.xinitrc, ~/.fvwmrc or system_fvwmrc.
> 
> I have the following line in my ~/.fvwmrc:
> 
> *GoodStuff - clock.xpm Swallow "xclock" xclock -bg \#908090 -geometry \
> -1500-1 500 -padding 0
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> N.Fung

No xclock line in your .xinitrc ?

Somewhere there is a -chimes switch being used.
-- 
Alan W. Trulock 

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