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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
User-agent: 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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