lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner) (11/04/90)
I really despise the keyclick on my RIOS 320. So I went into smit
and turned it off. However whenever I start X windows the keyclick
comes back. Also once I start X smit won't let me turn it off the
keyclick since I'm not running smit from the console. I especially
hate the sound when holding down the delete key. Sounds like my
RS6000 has a little flatulance!
I hope there's an easy fix for this. It's driving me
up the wall! It's the little things that are frequently the most
irritating. (I've already got the hack that allows the caps-lock
key to be used as the control key, so that's one down!)
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| | | | | | | | |||||\ Center /||||| | | | | | | | |lzm@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Chris McCoy) (11/05/90)
In <1990Nov4.060452.3848@cs.umn.edu> lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner) writes: >I really despise the keyclick on my RIOS 320. So I went into smit >and turned it off. However whenever I start X windows the keyclick >comes back. Also once I start X smit won't let me turn it off the >keyclick since I'm not running smit from the console. I especially >hate the sound when holding down the delete key. Sounds like my >RS6000 has a little flatulance! Here are two solutions that I have found to work: (1) When starting up X, use "xinit -c 0". Info will explain what the "-c" option does. I have a ksh alias called "x" that executes the mentioned command. (2) If you didn't do (1) above, then try "chsound -o -k > /dev/hft/0". There should be other solutions as well. Look at "xset", too. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris McCoy : INTERNET: mccoy@ecn.purdue.edu Communication Systems Programmer : UUCP: ...!ecn-ee!mccoy Ag. Computer Network, Purdue Univ. : VOICE: (317) 494-8339 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
sdl@adagio.austin.ibm.com (Stephen Linam) (11/05/90)
|> I really despise the keyclick on my RIOS 320. So I went into smit |> and turned it off. However whenever I start X windows the keyclick |> comes back. Also once I start X smit won't let me turn it off the |> keyclick since I'm not running smit from the console. I especially |> hate the sound when holding down the delete key. Sounds like my |> RS6000 has a little flatulance! This is what I do: Start X with "open xinit". Once X is started Alt-Action back to the console and turn the click off. Exit from the console (leaving a login prompt), Alt-Action back to X. There's probably a more elegant way to do this, but this works. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Linam AWD Austin T/L: 793-3674 Bell-net: (512) 832-3674 IBM Internet: sdl@adagio.austin.ibm.com VNET: LINAM at AUSTIN UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu:ibmchs!auschs!adagio.austin.ibm.com!sdl
frank@gremlin.austin.ibm.com (Frank Feuerbacher) (11/05/90)
In article <1990Nov4.060452.3848@cs.umn.edu>, lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner) writes: > I really despise the keyclick on my RIOS 320. So I went into smit > and turned it off. However whenever I start X windows the keyclick > comes back. Also once I start X smit won't let me turn it off the > keyclick since I'm not running smit from the console. Try adding '-c0' as an option to xinit. This should set the keyclick volume off. The last time I looked (on an RT) X11 did not support a way of putting this option in the .Xdefaults file, so it must be specified as a command line option. - Frank Feuerbacher Disclaimer: I don't speak for my employer and they don't speak for me.
boote@bierstadt.scd.ucar.edu (11/06/90)
In article <1990Nov4.060452.3848@cs.umn.edu>, lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner) writes: > I really despise the keyclick on my RIOS 320. So I went into smit > and turned it off. However whenever I start X windows the keyclick > comes back. Also once I start X smit won't let me turn it off the > keyclick since I'm not running smit from the console. I especially > hate the sound when holding down the delete key. Sounds like my > RS6000 has a little flatulance! I agree, there should be some way to turn it off from within X but there isn't. What is supposed to work is the -c option to X or xinit when you start the server but that hasn't worked for me. What I do is start x in another virtual terminal. csh> open xinit and then after x is running I switch back to the hft using the alt-act key. From there you can just use the chsound '-q' command to silence the key board and then again use the alt-act key to switch back to your x screen. Jeff W. Boote SCD/NCAR boote@ncar.ucar.edu Boulder, Colo
dls@dlsrt.austin.ibm.com (David Skeen;4A-47 B803) (11/09/90)
A final choice: as root, edit /usr/bin/X11/xinit and add the "-c0" as an option to invocations of X. Affects all users of the machine; you don't need to remember the -c0 every time you xinit. Dave Skeen IBM Internet: dls@dlsrt.austin.ibm.com / IBM VNET: SKEEN at AUSTIN