Re: to beep or not to beep...

Steffen Grunewald (steffen@gfz-potsdam.de)
Fri, 10 Jan 1997 08:27:47 +0100 (MET)

"Andrew E. Mileski writes"
|>
|> > echo -ne '\033[11;0]' sets bell duration to 0 milliseconds on a text
|> > console. You need to reissue that command after any console reset and
|> > for each text console you have active. xterm has -vb, other X
|> > applications may have to be done separately. The man page for
|> > console-ioctl lists a couple of ioctls for beep, never tried them.
|>
|> Or wire your PC speaker through the unused TURBO switch.
|>
Even better: use the keyboard lock.
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