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Re: VC beeps



On Sun, 14 Jul 1996, GAL Goldschmidt wrote:

> Ira Abramov wrote:
> > 
> > I just noticed...
> > ever since I installed my Picasso, I lost the beeps! when a new Email
> > comes or when I try to tab-complete a word on the tcsh commandline...
> > anyone have an idea what it is?
> 
> As microsoft say, it's not a bug it's a feture ;-)
> Well don't know what Picasso is, but in the 2.0.*
> you can add a patch from the modules-2.0.0
> that use a special kernel call for audio, no more beeps
> it uses .au files and send it to the /dev/audio 
> look in the modules-2.0.0/kerneld/GOODIES
> If you don't run the sound demon then no sound at all!
> Hope I helped

Well I have no SB, only PC speaker...  But just curious: how does it work
with remote terminals (telnet and such)?  Or is this funky shit with
/dev/audio only for the VCs and/or local X?

Elf.

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