> Yeah, you're right - rant was a bit strong. Sorry. On the original No problem. > subject, I wish I could help poor old George but I don't know the answer > to his question ;-) I, as a matter of fact, do, so politics aside, and on-topic again: If you are using X11, use $ xset b off And I have seen that KDE has some control panel to assign error sounds. >From the console, I think you'll have to modify your termcap. Anywa, there is a Linux HOWTO on the subject: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Visual-Bell.html Maarten