Re: Bash terminal beep - how to shut it up?
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 09:26:11AM +0000, Kevin.Bewley@camr.org.uk wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm running Debian 3.0r1 on my laptop. Whenever I'm working in a bash
> terminal or the console certain actions cause the terminal to BEEP through
> the PC Speaker. This is annoying the hell out of my missus when she's
> trying to watch TV and I've just scrolled a man page too far! What is the
> invocation to shut it up? Which of my .bash files should I put it in?
>
> Come to think of it, how can I shut this up system-wide?
Unplug the PC Speaker.
If there is no speaker, just a little bleeper on the motherboard,
there might be a jumper you can set (or a BIOS setup option) to make
it use an offboard speaker instead, even if one isn't there. Or you
could just stuff chewing gum into the bleeper.
Pigeon
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