>> Is there a better way to do this? ACPI? > >Maybe. ACPI folks, any opinion? > >-Andi (known to rip out the speaker cables in new machines) > Leave the cables, try this for ttyX: diff --fast -Ndpru linux-2.6.16-rc1-git3-SUSE20060124/drivers/char/vt.c linux-2.6-AS24/drivers/char/vt.c --- linux-2.6.16-rc1-git3-SUSE20060124/drivers/char/vt.c 2006-01-28 19:01:17.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-AS24/drivers/char/vt.c 2006-01-28 19:01:18.860985000 +0100 @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const struct consw *conswitchp; * Here is the default bell parameters: 750HZ, 1/8th of a second */ #define DEFAULT_BELL_PITCH 750 -#define DEFAULT_BELL_DURATION (HZ/8) +#define DEFAULT_BELL_DURATION 0 extern void vcs_make_devfs(struct tty_struct *tty); extern void vcs_remove_devfs(struct tty_struct *tty); #<<eof>> X seems silent by default for me, if not, you can configure it too. But ttyX always get reset to HZ/8 when you make a tty reset, which is why I put 0 as a default. Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html