Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:51:01 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: clicky driver Message-ID: <20091226045101.GB87670@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20091226014356.GB10072@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20091225204746.GA60638@thought.org> <20091226014356.GB10072@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 02:43:56AM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 12:47:49PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > Nothing tactile, and because neither Linux nor BSD has an audio > > "click", not even that. Sun does have a command line > > It should. The X window system provides a way to get keyclicks with > xset(1). The command 'xset c 100' whould generate the loudest click possible. > > Whether you hear something depends e.g. on how the X server is started, and > wether the hardware supports it. On my PC I hear the 'bell' from the PC > speaker, but no clicks. Blow me away! Is there a version of xset without X11? Or: how do I get X up on my server? I.e.: what do I need to compile it and launch to get, say, twm up? I bought the loudest old-fashioned clicky keyboard (for like $80) and it's beautifully loud. Tactile Plus auditory feedback. It is beyond outstanding. But to bring this along with some notebook would not be practical. I can barely hear my desktop's beep when I have mail, so can't hear anything when I do % xset c 100 . Besides, in '99 I was able to gen up regular beep, beep, beep with each keystroke. --I killed that; after a minute it was driving me up the bloody wall. But that is the right approach. ---Nutshell, I would like someone with more kernel background than I have to help me. At least with the compile in diver, rebuild-install kernel script. Like Polyt noted, it won't be easy. But I think it's worth a couple weekends' of experimenting. What kind of desktop computer do you have? gary > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.79a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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