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Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm



On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:34:50 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:15:54 -0800, Joe Riel wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:56:35 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote:
> > 
> >> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:32:57 -0800, Joe Riel wrote:
> >> 
> >> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote:
> >> > 
> >> >> >> > Can you upload a snapshot (www.picpaste.com) of what you
> >> >> >> > see in there?
> >> >> 
> >> >> You forgot the image :-P
> >> 
> >> No image this time :-)
> 
> Maybe I should fill an online petition >:-P

See http://www.picpaste.com/volume-control-k6X7Egse.png

I enabled every option in "preferences".  This control
clearly has nothing to do with enabling the beep.

> >> > Using the debian package search
> >> > (http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages) I see that there is *no*
> >> > listing for gnome-control-center in Debian *testing* (which is
> >> > what I have).  There is one in unstable and in stable.  That
> >> > seems a trifle strange.
> >> 
> >> I've got that piece of sowftware installed in my squeeze so it
> >> should be available also for you :-)
> >> 
> >> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/gnome-control-center
> > 
> > Errh, yes and no.  I do have gnome-control-center installed:
> > 
> > $ dpkg -s gnome-control-center
> > Package: gnome-control-center
> > Status: install ok installed
> > Priority: optional
> > Section: gnome
> > Installed-Size: 2024
> > Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
> > <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org> Architecture: amd64
> > Source: control-center
> > Version: 1:2.30.1-2
> > 
> > however, that version of that package does *not* contain the desired
> > sound executable:
> > 
> > $ cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-control-center.list /.
> 
> (...)
> 
> > Presumably I'll have to get it from unstable.
> 
> Okay, no... is just it has been renamed in squeeze to "gnome-volume-
> control".

That (see posted png, above) does not appear to have anything to
do with controlling sound properties.  It is different from the
help page description mentioned a while back in this thread.


-- 
Joe Riel


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