On 24.04.2017 20:57, Nate Graham wrote:
On 04/24/2017 12:37 PM, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
Am 24.04.2017 um 20:28 schrieb Nate Graham:
Wow, I had no idea people were so attached to the PC speaker! :) Is the PC speaker really relevant to userland today in 2017?
Yes. It works everywhere, even in the boot loader.
Does my change disable it in the bootloader? My impression is that besides indicating POST errors, it isn't really useful once the computer boots up--except for almost giving you a heart attack when you're using GTK programs!
no, it does not change it in the boot loader. But the beeper is universal in that it works just everywhere -- console, bootloader, BIOS, even GTK programs! :-) I use it for example on my home server to notify me of serious errors (file system, disk problems, stuff you'd rather notice sooner than later). Works very well as someone in my family will call me and complain that the box in the closet is issuing annoying beeps :-) Of course I could also use the sound card, add an amplifioer and play some wav file. But that's much more effort. -- Stefan Seyfried "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org