RE: Bash terminal beep - how to shut it up?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pigeon [mailto:jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:19 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: 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.
Buy some really cheap headphones.
Cut off the headphones from the cord.
Stick the plug into the laptop's audio jack.
That should shut it up for good and not damage the machine.
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