On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:23:14 -0800, Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 23:45 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:49:24 -0800, Florin Andrei > > <florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123927 > > > > And I'm glad that it is! I always hated those stupud beeps. But I > > didn't really notice it's absence in FC3, maybe because I cut the wire > > to the PC speaker about four operating systems ago... > > No need to cut any wires. > Assuming the module works properly and it's loaded automatically, it's > trivial to disable the speaker: either mute it with alsamixer, or do > this: > > echo "install pcspkr /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.conf > > The PC speaker is a traditional feed-back mechanism, it's probably > better to not disable it unless there's a good reason to. > > -- > Florin Andrei No 'good reason' other than that I hate it. It startles me. And I found that I swicth operating systems about once a year, so why even bother with it? The only time I want to hear sound on my computer is when I: 1) listen to music, 2) watch a movie, 3) talk on skype. I especially hate webpages with embedded music in them, or flash / shockwave files on websites that make noise. I haven't found a way to tell firefox DONT ever make noise, EVEN when flash tells you to do sol. Dotan Cohen http://English-Lyrics.com http://Song-Lyriks.com
