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Subject: Re: no beep any more
To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
References: <20160726114846.GA6424@c720-r292778-amd64>
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On 2016-07-26 13:48, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Yesterday I realized that my Acer C720 does not issue any beep, for
> example in terminals or on alpha console with 'printf "\7"'
> The sound general is working, for example playing something with mplayer
> or the jingle on KDE start. I'm not aware of having installed something
> during the last days. Is this somehow configureable with sysctl?
>
> $ kbdcontrol -b normal
>
> does not help.
>
> ANy ideas?
>
> 	matthias

usage:  xset [-display host:dpy] option ...
     To turn bell off:
         -b                b off               b 0
     To set bell volume, pitch and duration:
          b [vol [pitch [dur]]]          b on