Computer Beeps

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 27 May 2008 22:23, Willy K. Hamra wrote:
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> Hi, whenever i receive a new email through thunderbird, the computer
> beeps, from inside the PC case. how can i set up thunderbird to do a
> normal sound? through the sound card. and better still, is there an
> option to disable the beeping behaviour in the first place? for example,
> it beeps a lot when i'm using a shell, and X not running.
> thanks in advance.
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> Willy K. Hamra

Hi Willy. On my Fedora 8 install I added a line to /etc/modprobe.conf, as 
below.
install pcspkr /bin/true

This sends the beeps to nowhere land.

On a Debian install, the same line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base should work.

All the best, and if you have problems post back.

Nigel.