[TriLUG] Making the console beep "better"

[Scott Chilcote]

John Beimler wrote:

> This is for the gnome folks out there, since KDE already catches the 
> beep signals and actually plays a sound.
> 
> I use irssi & screen for IRC and instant messaging, and I would miss the 
> console flash, and found the system beep annoying. I found  softbeep 
> (http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/softbeep/) and 
> its been useful, so I can control irsii beeps, as well as other system 
> sounds, which I want to hear, but don't want the grating BEL sound.

Gee, and I've been settling for "xset b 50 100 25"!    ;-)

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Scott C.