[ltp] Disable PC speaker "emergency" sounds (R40)

[Richard Neill]

b42 wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:31:23 +0000
> Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> b42 wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> had the same problem with my R60 - I use headphones most of the
>>> time and every time the speaker beeped (quite often with bash
>>> filename completion) I thought my head would explode ...
>> Edit /etc/inputrc
>>     set show-all-if-ambiguous on
>>
>>
>> Bash completion is now much more helpful, and beeps far less often.
>> You might even re-enable the beep, since it is now more relevant. The
>> only distro that gets this right by default is Mandrake.
>>
>> Also, make sure you have the advanced bash-completion enabled
>> (usually, by sourcing /etc/bash_completion in your. bashrc)
>>
>>
>> Lastly, if using Konsole, you can configure the beep to be either a 
>> visible bell, or play a sound of your choice, or run a command. Run a 
>> command such as
>>     sox -v 0.5  beep.wav - | aplay
>> * Use sox, because it is much more rapid than Arts.
>> * -v 0.5 to reduce the volume.
>> * aplay, in order to use dmix, so multiple apps can share the
>> soundcard.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Richard
> 
> Thanks for suggestions, but I think I'll keep the beeper turned off at
> kernel level ... i'm happy that it didn't make a single beep since i
> disabled it:) and even if it weren't so annoying i'm used to work
> without the audible bell.


OK - it's your machine - and your way to work. But do try the inputrc 
change (then start a new shell) - it makes things *much* more pleasant.
Combined with bash-completion, (the advanced one), you can do things 
like this:

Create empty directory, and change into it.
touch a_file
mkdir a_dir
cd a_[TAB]		#completes to a_dir,
			#because it is unambiguous in context

touch  b_x
touch  b_y

ls b[TAB]		#bash will now print b_x and b_y, and then give
			#you the prompt back so you can type the next
			#letter. Try it...


ls c[TAB]		#the bell will ring. The bell now ONLY means:
			#"There are no possible completions", and no
			#longer could mean "there is more than one
			# possible completion".

killall moz[TAB]	#completes to killall mozilla (if it's running)
ssh hos[TAB]		#completes on hostname (from .ssh/known_hosts)



Richard



















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