Firefox, or FreeBSD?

[Kurt Buff]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Greg Barniskis <nalists at scls.lib.wi.us> wrote:
> Kurt Buff wrote:
>>
>> I'm visiting various web sites, and having a stupid little issue which
>> is really annoying.
>>
>> FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #4: Sun Dec 14 22:08:22
>> PST 2008     root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>>
>> FireFox 3.04.
>>
>> For instance, if I go to http://www.wsj.com, among others, it's
>> constantly beeping, as the little headline scroller at the top of the
>> page updates.
>>
>> I can't find anywhere in the menu items, or in FF help, on how to turn
>> the beeping off, and it's driving me nuts.
>>
>> Anyone have a hint for me?
>
> IIRC, a beeping Firefox results as a "feature" of compiling it with
> debugging options enabled.
>
> A quick trip through the Way Back Machine:
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-gnome/2006-March/013973.html
>
> No idea if your problem is the same but seems like a good place to poke.

Yes, that sounds quite likely!

I did that some time ago, because FF was puking on sites with complex
javascript.

Good call.

I'll recompile without debugging...

Thanks,

Kurt