[linux-audio-user] fluxbox beep: how to get rid of it?

[Andres Cabrera]

Hi,
On my system you can also disable (or adjust volume) for the system beep 
in the BIOS menu.

Andrés

Frank Neumann wrote:

>Hi list,
>nescivi <nescivi at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>I like the look and all that, the only thing that I have not been able
>>to get rid of is the system beep when I give some input it doesn't
>>like (trying to scroll further than there is text in emacs for
>>example). And this system beep tends to be quite loud over a good PA.
>>Does anyone know where I can turn that thing off in fluxbox?
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>I'm not 100% sure, but this should not depend on your window manager, but
>rather on the individual application you are working in.
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>Examples:
>- In the bash, to turn off the beep when e.g. completion does not give you
>  a unique result, you need to create a ~/.inputrc and put into it:
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>  set bell-style off
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>  This will silence ALL applications that are based on libreadline, not
>  just bash.
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>- In vi, to avoid the bell when..well, almost everywhere :-), you could
>  put this into your .exrc or .vimrc:
>  :set vb
>  (vb = visualbell)
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>I believe for emacs something similar should exist, but I'm not an emacs
>user.
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>Hope that helps,
>Frank
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