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Re: beep makes no sound on xfce
From: |
Marco Wahl |
Subject: |
Re: beep makes no sound on xfce |
Date: |
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:48:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> writes:
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 11:21:32 +0200
> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
>
>> Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> writes:
>>
>> > Recently the Emacs beep command quit working; it no longer produces a
>> > beep. Any idea how I can figure out how to restore it? I believe
>> > this happened once before, a few years ago.
>>
>> Have you configured `ring-bell-function' or `visible-bell'? What about
>> emacs -Q?
>
> I wasn't aware of ring-bell-function. I've never set it before, it is
> currently nil. I get the same effect with emacs -Q.
>
> Any idea what mechanism emacs uses to generate a beep on linux?
> I'm thinking the problem lies there, rather than in emacs.
I have the command 'beep' on my linux system. The command 'amixer'
allows to control the beep.
amixer get Beep
amixer set Beep on
amixer set Beep off
HTH
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