Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

[Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com>]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:56:44 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:56:33 -0800, Joe Riel wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:22:03 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote:
> > 
> >> Does it work under another terminal (i.e., aterm, gnome-terminal,
> >> konsole...) inside an X session?
> > 
> > No.  So far, I've only got it work from a virtual terminal
> > (console).
> 
> Hum...
>   
> >> Another test to make "ring the bell" is searching for nonexistent
> >> string in Iceweasel (ctrl+f).
> > 
> > Emacs should ring the bell when I do something illegal. That's how I
> > noticed it was silent.
> 
> So this is a system wide issue, not just "xterm".
> 
> What does "amixer" show on PC Speaker?

I don't see any entries for "PC Speaker":

$ amixer | grep control
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
Simple mixer control 'Side',0
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Default PCM',0
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
Simple mixer control 'Independent HP',0
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
Simple mixer control 'Smart 5.1',0




-- 
Joe Riel