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From: Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: Help GNU Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: beep makes no sound on xfce
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 08:18:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150912081851.5514fc7e@gauss> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87egi4xaar.fsf@web.de>

On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 11:21:32 +0200
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:

> Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> writes:
> 
> > Recently the Emacs beep command quit working; it no longer produces a
> > beep.  Any idea how I can figure out how to restore it?  I believe
> > this happened once before, a few years ago.
> 
> Have you configured `ring-bell-function' or `visible-bell'?  What about
> emacs -Q?

I wasn't aware of ring-bell-function.  I've never set it before, it is
currently nil.  I get the same effect with emacs -Q.  

Any idea what mechanism emacs uses to generate a beep on linux?
I'm thinking the problem lies there, rather than in emacs.

-- 
Joe Riel




  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-12 15:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-10  4:25 beep makes no sound on xfce Joe Riel
2015-09-12  9:21 ` Michael Heerdegen
2015-09-12 15:18   ` Joe Riel [this message]
2015-09-12 16:03     ` Michael Heerdegen
2015-09-12 23:36       ` Joe Riel
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1000.1442071138.19560.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-09-12 16:48     ` Marco Wahl

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