[ale] [ Question ] - how do i get rid of system beep

[Vernard Martin]

> Is there any way to shut that annoying thing off?!  I've looked in my
> Linux books and checked the man pages, but to no avail.  I know it may
> sound like a stupid question, but I'd really like to shut it off.  I
> thought about just disconnecting my PC speaker, but I figured there
> has to be a way to do it via the operating system.

You can change the system beep to flash the screen instead. If you hold down
the control key and the middle mouse buttin in an xterm then you should get a
menu that will let you choose the "visual bell" option.

There are various ways to do this permanently. The way that I'm most familiar
with is to add an option to yoru .Xdefaults file.

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Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable   Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu)
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