From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 13 14:30:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F051C16A4CF for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:30:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from web60408.mail.yahoo.com (web60408.mail.yahoo.com [216.109.118.191]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1368F43FBF for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:30:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from twigles@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20031113223037.45847.qmail@web60408.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.5.49.41] by web60408.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:30:37 PST Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:30:37 -0800 (PST) From: twig les To: Dan Nelson In-Reply-To: <20031113215838.GE24018@dan.emsphone.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quick question about turning the annoying beep off in X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:30:39 -0000 --- Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Nov 13), twig les said: > > Hey all, in my /etc/csh.cshrc I have > > > > xset b off > > > > which does what I want, which is to tell X to shut up > without me > > having to type the command in every X session. But it seems > clumsy > > as it puts up an error "xset: unable to open display """ > when I ssh > > in. I fully understand that this *should* be an error > because > > csh.cshrc is a shell init file, I just tried this in > .xinitrc and it > > didn't work. Putting it in > > /usr/X11R6/bin/startx had predictably bad results. > > > > So anyone know the correct file for this command? > > I'm pretty sure .xinitrc is the one you want. Make sure you > run the > command before any session managers etc. I just tested it and > it works > for me. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com Magic! I never bothered to check if putting the command *before* "wmaker" in ~/.xinitrc would make a difference. Thnx. ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- Get a taste of Religion ... eat a priest! ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree