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Date:      Wed, 09 Jun 2004 09:33:15 -0500
From:      "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Bob <BHockney@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to turn off keyboard bell
Message-ID:  <40C71FAB.6000205@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <40C6B8EA.28524.3364AFCC@localhost>
References:  <40C6B8EA.28524.3364AFCC@localhost>

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Bob 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
>  
>

Using tcsh as shell:

$set nobeep

Don't know about sh/bash and friends...

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.



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