Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 13:17:07 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot manager beep (revisited) Message-ID: <4455FC43.4060001@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20060501101544.GA51137@gothmog.pc> References: <445581DE.50901@centtech.com> <20060501052755.GA88897@gothmog.pc> <4455D576.2020000@dial.pipex.com> <20060501101544.GA51137@gothmog.pc>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >I'd certainly prefer it if the beep was turned *off* by default, >but I'm not sure if that's what everyone prefers. This is why I >opted for keeping the current behavior and making my personal >preference an option :) > > The beep didn't appear until 5.X (and generated quite a few complaints), so the weight of history is behind no beep! The only argument in favour of the beep that I ever so was headless machines. I suspect this could easily turn into a bit of a bikeshed, and a way to turn off beeps without patching boot.S every time would be good regardless of what the default is. But my vote definitely goes for: headless=beep, headed=no beep. IMHO, the beep in 5.X astonished me (in a minor, but particularly irritating, way) and I bet you'd get lots of people saying "thank you for getting rid of that damn beep". The trouble I see with on-by-default is that many people won't realise they can now turn it off. I probably shouldn't suggest that it should be an option in sysinstall ;-) --Alex
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