[indiana-discuss] screech when login screen appears

Antonello Cruz Antonello.Cruz at Sun.COM
Tue Jul 14 18:26:06 PDT 2009


Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> xset affects the currently running X server and lasts until that process
> exits.   "xset q" queries the current X server settings.
Thanks Alan,

X starts with
    bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100

Is there a way to change the default or are these settings hardcoded?

Antonello

> 
> 	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
> 	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
> 
> Antonello Cruz wrote:
>> Tom,
>>
>> Two questions:
>>
>> 1) is there a way to make the change permanent?
>>
>> 2) how do I read the current setting of the system beep? I mean, I'd
>> like to see what are the settings that cause the screech.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Antonello
>>
>> Tom Whitten wrote:
>>> Tom Whitten writes:
>>>> Both, unfortunately.  It seems that the system beep has turned into a
>>>> very
>>>> annoying screech with snv_118.  So now I have a new question.  Does
>>>> anyone
>>>> know how the get the old system beep back?
>>>>
>>>> tom
>>> Answering my own question here.
>>>
>>>     xset b 5 100 20
>>>
>>> makes the system bell much more pleasant.
>>>
>>> tom
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