Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 13:08:02 +0100 (CET) From: Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 Startup with a beep Message-ID: <20041202.130802.40349122.hanche@math.ntnu.no> In-Reply-To: <16814.23799.439022.760893@osprey.kermodei.com> References: <41AD9D12.2020506@hacksocke.de> <16814.23799.439022.760893@osprey.kermodei.com>
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+ Mark Diekhans <markd@Kermodei.com>: | Carsten Zimmermann <carp@hacksocke.de> writes: | > I upgraded lately to a clean iso installed 5.3-R. From then, my laptop | > always gives an eeky "beeeeeeep" when the boot loader prompts. It was | > all silent with 5.2.1 and I'd like it to be that way again ;) | | I found this really annoying and dug into the code and patch it | on my system. The enclose patch gets rid of this. [...] | If you can file a pr on this it would be great.. While I agree that the beep is annoying, and will probably employ your patch on my laptop (thanks!), I might mention that the beep is probably there for a good reason: As an aid to booting machines with just a serial console attached. See "Tips for Serial Console Users" in INSTALL.TXT. An easy option to installing a beepless boot loader might be welcome, but making the default silent is probably not a good idea. - Harald
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