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Bug 315859 - Make audible system bell play a sound (instead of using the X server bell)
Make audible system bell play a sound (instead of using the X server bell)
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 557921
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.12.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
: 539729 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-09-09 21:30 UTC by Ed Catmur
Modified: 2008-12-23 17:14 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.11/2.12

Attachments
my proposal (5.17 KB, patch)
2005-11-30 17:54 UTC, Jean-Yves Lefort 		needs-work Details | Review

Description Ed Catmur 2005-09-09 21:30:21 UTC 
Using the X server bell for the system bell is just so... 1990s.

On Linux/x86/Xorg the X server bell requires the pcspkr module to be compiled
and loaded, and requires a PC speaker to exist and be wired up, which isn't the
case with plenty of hardware. Also, where the PC speaker is working it is
disconcerting to hear a (rather ugly) beep from the beige box rather than the
sound card speakers.

It would make sense for metacity to disable the X server bell and play a sound
alongside flashing the titlebar/screen.
Comment 1 Brent Smith (smitten) 2005-09-11 03:56:30 UTC 
This looks like a unique feature request.  Marking as NEW.
Comment 2 Havoc Pennington 2005-09-12 00:57:10 UTC 
Makes sense, I guess metacity owns the bell-playing function and already
converts it to a visual bell in some cases.

So it would be simple enough to always tell Xkb to disable the bell, and play a
sound ourselves instead.

If someone cooks up a patch it makes sense to me.
Comment 3 Jean-Yves Lefort 2005-11-30 17:54:39 UTC 
Created attachment 55440 [details] [review]
my proposal
Comment 4 Havoc Pennington 2005-12-01 08:55:09 UTC 
Comment on attachment 55440 [details] [review]
my proposal

Should do this instead with just gstreamer or whatever directly, since libgnome
is deprecated and drags in a lot of pesky cruft.
Comment 5 Luis Villa 2008-11-14 12:44:27 UTC 
*** Bug 539729 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Lennart Poettering 2008-12-23 14:37:00 UTC 
Also see bug 557921
Comment 7 Elijah Newren 2008-12-23 17:14:22 UTC 
Given the needs-work status that this bug has been in for years, and that there's a separate bug with a patch implementing this feature using libcanberra, I'm going to mark this as a duplicate of the other bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 557921 ***