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<BR>by Guido Socher <a href="http://main.linuxfocus.org/%7Eguido/"><font size="1">(homepage)</font></a>
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<LI><A HREF="#378lfindex0">Introduction</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#378lfindex1">Beep globally off</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#378lfindex2">Beep off on a per shell basis</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#378lfindex3">Conclusion</A></LI>
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<H2>LF Tip: Don't beep at me</H2>
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<H2>Introduction</H2>
I absolutly hate it when a computer beeps at me. I use frequently
tab-completion in the shell to save some typing and I can't stand
it when it beeps all the time.
<br>
<br>
So here is an instruction how to get quickly rid of the beep.
To test it you can just press crtl-g in a shell if you here a beep
then it is still on.
<A NAME="378lfindex1"> </A>
<H2>Beep globally off</H2>
In a plain linux console (no graphical X11) you can turn the beep
off with the command:
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setterm -blength 0
#alternatively you can change the frequency of the beep to a
#very low value:
setterm -bfreq 10
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When working under X11 (no matter if KDE, Gnome, XFCE, or ... is used)
you turn off the beep with:
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xset b off
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<A NAME="378lfindex2"> </A>
<H2>Beep off on a per shell basis</H2>
Alternativley you can turn off the beep directly in the shell.
<br><br>
Bash:
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# has to go into /etc/inputrc or .inputrc
# It will not work in a .bashrc file!
set bell-style none
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Tcsh:
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# put this into your .tcshrc file
# just tab completion beep off:
set matchbeep = never
# any beep off:
set nobeep = 1
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<H2>Conclusion</H2>
To avoid any misunderstanding: The above instructions just turn off the beep.
You can still listen to music on your PC.
<br>
<br>
Enjoy the silence!
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