Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 12:01:53 -0700 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: "Bob" <BHockney@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to turn off keyboard bell Message-ID: <20040609120153.7eb1573e.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <40C6B8EA.28524.3364AFCC@localhost> References: <40C6B8EA.28524.3364AFCC@localhost>
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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 07:14:50 -0700 "Bob" <BHockney@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm having a difficult time turning off the keyboard bell. I have > tried kbdcontrol -b off and setting keybell="NO" in rc.conf, but this > only shortens it down to a chirp. If I set kbdcontrol -b visual, then > the audible bell goes away completely and I get a flashing screen > instead. What am I missing here? How can I turn the bell off > completely? This is on a fresh install of 4.9. > > -Bob Hi Bob, I think this bug has been fixed since 4.9 RELEASE. You might want to try updating your sources with cvsup, or simply applying the patch that fixes the bug (below), and rebuilding your kernel. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c.diff?r1=1.336.2.15&r2=1.336.2.16 -Chris P.S. please CC me in any replies as I am no longer subscribed to this list.
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