| Summary: | Switching VT re-enables XBell(), ignoring 'xset b off' | ||||||
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| Product: | xorg | Reporter: | mark-freedesktop | ||||
| Component: | Server/General | Assignee: | Xorg Project Team <xorg-team> | ||||
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | QA Contact: | Xorg Project Team <xorg-team> | ||||
| Severity: | normal | ||||||
| Priority: | low | CC: | bryanh, matthieu.herrb | ||||
| Version: | 7.5 (2009.10) | ||||||
| Hardware: | x86 (IA32) | ||||||
| OS: | Linux (All) | ||||||
| Whiteboard: | 2012BRB_Reviewed | ||||||
| i915 platform: | i915 features: | ||||||
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| Bug Blocks: | 44202 | ||||||
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An update on this issue (updated to xorg-server-1.7.5.902): Having looked into the problem in more detail, it is the bell generated using XBell() which is affected. When 'xset b off' is issued, XBell() is silent. Switching to a console and back to results in XBell() making sound again. Also, 'xset b off' in .xinitrc has no effect, but works at a later time. I had some recent confusion using a recent xterm which used XKbBell(). Now ruling this out by calling XBell() directly. Two threads, not very conclusive: http://www.mail-archive.com/xorg-devel@lists.x.org/msg06523.html http://www.mail-archive.com/xorg-devel@lists.x.org/msg07131.html I tracked this down far enough to know that the posting by Mark Hills mentioned above is in fact about this problem. I too worked around it myself by cutting out the copy of the kbdfeed.ctrl, but this is almost certainly not the proper fix. The posting by Alan Coopersmith is about a different problem, but both signify something fundamentally wrong with the keyboard master/slave and virtual core keyboard implementation. But as I don't understand either of those concepts, I have no idea just what is wrong. Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not obviously still valid. Please file a new report if you continue to experience issues with a current server. |
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Created attachment 32302 [details] xorg.conf I disable beep using 'xset b off' command. When I switch to a console (using Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then switch back to X, the beep is re-enabled. It can be disabled again. Also, potentially related, 'xet b off' in .xinitrc does not have any effect. It works if run at a later time. I first noticed this problem around the update to xorg-server-1.7, and tested using the twm and fvwm window managers. .xinitrc: #!/bin/sh xset b off exec twm