-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Saltzman a écrit : > On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, [ISO-8859-15] François Patte wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> François Patte a écrit : >>> Bonsoir, >>> >>> I found how to switch off the beep for a user, I did not find how to >>> stop it for the system: everytime the fedora splash screen comes up at >>> boot time you are able to disturb everybody working peacefully in the >>> library where you have come to work... >>> >>> Why these things are not switched off by default? >> >> there is kernel module rsponsible for this: pcspkr >> >> in /etc/modprobe.conf add: >> >> alias pcspkr dummy >> >> >> I'm amazed: it is difficult to get a laptop suspend or hibernate, it is > > Yes, wouldn't a consistent, standard mechanism for suspend/resume that > all manufacturers subscribe to be nice? > >> difficult to have system-network-config available for a normal user (see >> my other posts) but someone somewhere is able to make you sweat your > > NetworkManager (see responses to your other posts). > >> guts out with a kernel module which is totally useless! > > Does your laptop not have a mute switch or volume control? Doesn't > *that* seem like the real design flaw? There is a wheel... but this is not in use before you log in... > > Also, at some point I recall having the exact opposite problem. The > pcspkr module was not loaded by default and I had to add it to > /etc/sysconfig/modules/ to get the beep when I wanted it (note that your > opinion about the usefulness/uselessness of the module is just that: > your opinion). This is not only a "your opinion" problem; I use to work in libraries and I am often disturbed by the stupid music of people opening their windows laptop... I don't want to disturb other people when I open my laptop! - -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Université René Descartes http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGIeurdE6C2dhV2JURArf+AKCubkHJ9JNKqprp39UdzXrxmiKwyQCgmnDs dsc/boULX6OP2HKy8jJnJXI= =UiCo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
