switching off beep for the system[SOLVED] bullshit!

[François Patte]

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Matthew Saltzman a écrit :
> On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, [ISO-8859-15] François Patte wrote:
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>> François Patte a écrit :
>>> Bonsoir,
>>>
>>> I found how to switch off the beep for a user, I did not find how to
>>> stop it for the system: everytime the fedora splash screen comes up at
>>> boot time you are able to disturb everybody working peacefully in the
>>> library where you have come to work...
>>>
>>> Why these things are not switched off by default?
>>
>> there is kernel module rsponsible for this: pcspkr
>>
>> in /etc/modprobe.conf add:
>>
>> alias pcspkr dummy
>>
>>
>> I'm amazed: it is difficult to get a laptop suspend or hibernate, it is
> 
> Yes, wouldn't a consistent, standard mechanism for suspend/resume that
> all manufacturers subscribe to be nice?
> 
>> difficult to have system-network-config available for a normal user (see
>> my other posts) but someone somewhere is able to make you sweat your
> 
> NetworkManager (see responses to your other posts).
> 
>> guts out with a kernel module which is totally useless!
> 
> Does your laptop not have a mute switch or volume control?  Doesn't
> *that* seem like the real design flaw?

There is a wheel... but this is not in use before you log in...

> 
> Also, at some point I recall having the exact opposite problem.  The
> pcspkr module was not loaded by default and I had to add it to
> /etc/sysconfig/modules/ to get the beep when I wanted it (note that your
> opinion about the usefulness/uselessness of the module is just that:
> your opinion).

This is not only a "your opinion" problem; I use to work in libraries
and I am often disturbed by the stupid music of people opening their
windows laptop... I don't want to disturb other people when I open my
laptop!

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François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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