Bug#569539: console beep in xterm doesn't work
Package: xterm
Version: 253-1
Severity: normal
"echo -e '\a'" with visual bell off fails to illicit any sound.
1) "xkbbell" causes a beep
2) "beep" causes a beep (although of a different tone)
3) "echo -e '\a'" in "pterm" causes a beep (same as xkbbell)
4) Trying to search for a non-present string in firefox causes a beep
(same as xkbbell)
I'm using a kernel compiled from vanilla 2.6.32.8 sources and the pcspkr
module from that to ensure console beeps.
~/.inputrc has "set bell-style audible" to ensure readline causes beeps
The only output of "xrdb -query | grep -i bell" is:
XTerm*visualBell: false
If I toggle visual bell on in an xterm (using the Ctrl+Middle menu)
and reissue "echo -e '\a'" I 'see' the beep.
This was working until late last year. Unfortunately I didn't realise
exactly when it stopped working (as I don't always perform an action
that would cause such a beep on a day to day basis). The system has been
tracking testing on a more or less daily basis since around June 2009.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.8 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2 generic font configuration library
ii libice6 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libutempter0 1.1.5-2 A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxft2 2.1.14-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xbitmaps 1.1.0-1 Base X bitmaps
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii x11-utils 7.5+1+b1 X11 utilities
ii xutils 1:7.5+3 X Window System utility programs m
Versions of packages xterm suggests:
ii xfonts-cyrillic 1:1.0.1 Cyrillic fonts for X
-- debconf information:
xterm/clobber_xresource_file: true
xterm/xterm_needs_devpts:
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