switching off beep for the system[SOLVED] bullshit!

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, [ISO-8859-15] François Patte wrote:

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> François Patte a écrit :
>> Bonsoir,
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>> 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?
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> there is kernel module rsponsible for this: pcspkr
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> in /etc/modprobe.conf add:
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> alias pcspkr dummy
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> 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?

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).  That might have been before FC6, though.

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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