[Bug 340657] New: globally turning off beep
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 Summary: globally turning off beep Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mszeredi@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- On the ThinkPad notebook line, the system beep can be extremely loud (googling for 'thinkpad beep hearing' will conform this). One suggestion to get rid of the beep is to remove the 'pcspkr' kernel module. However this module is compiled into the SUSE kernels, so it cannot be removed. Other suggested workarounds are: - add 'set bell-style none' to /etc/inputrc - add 'setterm -blength 0' to /etc/profile.local - xset b off None of these are very user friendly. So it would be nice to add a global knob to YaST, possibly automatically turning off beep at install time for ThinkPads, or at least asking the user. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c1 Martin Mrazik <mmrazik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |ro@novell.com Severity|Normal |Enhancement --- Comment #1 from Martin Mrazik <mmrazik@novell.com> 2007-11-12 04:45:37 MST --- Please reassign to the YaST team if you think this should be solved at the yast level. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User ro@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c2 Ruediger Oertel <ro@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|ro@novell.com |jsrain@novell.com --- Comment #2 from Ruediger Oertel <ro@novell.com> 2008-01-08 10:39:48 MST --- yes, I think this should be done at YaST2 level, adding new SuSEconfig scripts is "frowned upon" ... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User sontek@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c3 John Anderson <sontek@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |sontek@gmail.com --- Comment #3 from John Anderson <sontek@gmail.com> 2008-03-10 02:16:10 MST --- I would also love the ability to disable the beeping globally. This should definitely be compiled as a module. What is the reasoning behind building it into the kernel? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User tm.mst@gmx-topmail.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c4 --- Comment #4 from Thomas Meindl <tm.mst@gmx-topmail.de> 2008-04-22 06:22:13 MST --- Any news on this topic? Thanks -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 John Anderson <sontek@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|YaST2 |YaST2 Product|openSUSE 10.3 |openSUSE 11.0 Target Milestone|--- |Beta 3 Version|Final |Factory -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User sontek@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c5 --- Comment #5 from John Anderson <sontek@gmail.com> 2008-05-18 19:01:41 MST --- I moved the product version to 11.0 since this still exists in factory. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User otso.rajala@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c6 --- Comment #6 from Otso Rajala <otso.rajala@gmail.com> 2008-06-02 10:59:26 MDT --- This is not only ThinkPad related problem, it's in every computer without possibility of turning off pc-speaker in BIOS. I agree that pcspkr would be better off as a kernel module than directly compiled on to kernel. It's very easy to just edit the file "blacklist" in /etc/modprobe.d/ in order to disable it. Afterwards it could be easily implemented to YaST, since assigning a new button would require a very simple script, something like this: echo blacklist pcspkr > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist So if we'd take the first step in creating pcspkr as a separate kernel module, then further modifications regarding pcspkr functionality were easier to accomplish. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User sontek@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c7 John Anderson <sontek@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|YaST2 |Kernel --- Comment #7 from John Anderson <sontek@gmail.com> 2008-06-02 15:09:43 MDT --- Assigning to the kernel team instead of yast. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User agruen@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c9 Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |agruen@novell.com Info Provider|agruen@novell.com |jkosina@novell.com --- Comment #9 from Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@novell.com> 2008-10-06 01:38:27 MDT --- CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR is m in the stable kernel, and partially m/y in the 11.0 kernel. I don't see a problem with setting it to m everywhere. Could you get that changed with Jiri though, please? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User jsnel@few.vu.nl added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c10 Joris Snellenburg <jsnel@few.vu.nl> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jsnel@few.vu.nl Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|jkosina@novell.com | --- Comment #10 from Joris Snellenburg <jsnel@few.vu.nl> 2008-11-08 18:14:09 MST --- As per bug 225221 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225221) this should be very easy, 'modprobe -r pcspkr' works now as suggested in comment #6 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c6). Perhaps it can be implemented now and included in the final release of openSUSE 11.1. Laptop owners all over the world will thank you for it and it will change the image of GNU/Linux for the better: Before:
"Why is computer bleeping like crazy all the time?" < "..." "oh you're running Linux or something." < "Yeah ..." "Seems very annoying, am I glad I'm running Windows." < *sigh*
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657 User jeffm@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340657#c12 Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED CC| |jeffm@novell.com Info Provider|jeffm@novell.com | Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #12 from Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@novell.com> 2009-03-04 10:04:20 MST --- Takashi changed CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR to =m on all configs last August. Closing as FIXED. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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