From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qynis-0006VV-U8 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:33:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 445E321C2CD; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:32:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3625021C318 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:27:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8634A1B4011 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:27:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -5.32 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.32 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.279, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-4] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id k-ba-beaXEas for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:27:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3CEE1B4016 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:27:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QyndZ-0007he-Fn for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:27:37 +0200 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:27:37 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:27:37 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Typewriter sound Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:27:26 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20100817172005.GA5110@solfire> <1282073645.451766.13.camel@paska> <4E5E50C2.30900@gmail.com> <1370152.yyKSa8dbEO@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 425def5a25163247b32e42a1e99ed679 On 2011-08-31, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > why? > man xset Can you explain further? I've read the xset man page, I've tried the 'c' option, and it does absolutely nothing. To the best of my recollection, the 'xset c' command has never done anything on any X11 machine I've used in the past 15+ years. I have vague memories of it having done something on Sun 3 hardware 20 years ago, but all it did was turn a "click" on/off. > really guys. Why do it the long, hard and stupid way if there have been > simple, built in solutions for longer than some of you live? What solution is that? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm using my X-RAY at VISION to obtain a rare gmail.com glimpse of the INNER WORKINGS of this POTATO!!