Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:25:46 +0200
Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Vi, 21 ian 11, 11:51:07, Joe Riel wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:02:52 +0200
> > Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Vi, 21 ian 11, 07:14:25, Joe Riel wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > beep
> > > >
> > > > That works; as expected the sound comes through the internal
> > > > speakers.
> > >
> > > Did you also try 'beep -e `tty`'? See beep(1) section "IOCTL
> > > WACKINESS" if it fails.
> >
> > I get
> > $ beep -e `tty`
> > ioctl: Invalid argument
> > ioctl: Invalid argument
>
> And does it beep? Under xfce4 this does produce a beep but not the
> /usr/bin/beep one and nothing at all under lxde. See #610190.
No beep when done in an xterm. It does beep when executed in
a virtual terminal, and the ioctl error is not raised.
> > As corrected elsewhere, the sound from calling beep
> > comes out of the external speakers. The sound I'm
> > not hearing should come from the internal MB speaker.
I have to correct my correction. The sound from the beep command
comes from the MB internal speakers, not from the external speakers.
> Maybe you have issues with the "digital beep". Do you have a "Digital
> Beep" and a "Beep" slider in alsamixer? Try muting/unmuting one or
> the other.
I don't have those controls on the alsamixer. Which option enables them?
I looked at everything in the preferences tab.
--
Joe Riel
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