misc/74777: Bootup "beep" in 5.3 should be disabled by default
Carsten Zimmermann
cz-freebsd at aegisnet.biz
Tue Dec 7 07:10:29 PST 2004
The following reply was made to PR kern/74777; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Carsten Zimmermann <cz-freebsd at aegisnet.biz>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>,
freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Cc: Mark Diekhans <markd at Kermodei.com>
Subject: Re: misc/74777: Bootup "beep" in 5.3 should be disabled by default
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:03:56 +0100
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Hello -=20
while it clearly seems to be a question of individual taste whether or
not it should be enabled by default, I might igree with the
point-of-view that it is useful for headless machines. FreeBSD has=20
the reputation as being a server os, mainly. Server systems are mostly=20
headless, indeed.=20
But for the growing croud using FreeBSD as a desktop system, it should be
able to have the beep disabled without the need of a patch. So some kind
easy of configuration is needed.
Carsten
Am Mon Dec 06, 2004 at 08:1555PM -0800 schrieb Kris Kennaway:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 03:25:35PM +0000, Carsten Zimmermann wrote:
>=20
> > The 5.3-RELEASE CD installation comes with a somewhat annoying
> > "beep" when the boot loader prompts. It has been discussed in
> > -mobile (Msg-ID 41AD9D12.2020506 at hacksocke.de) and it seemed to be
> > consensus to have this beep disabled by default.
>=20
> AFAIK, the beep is deliberate, and useful on headless machines
> (i.e. for users outside the constituency of -mobile).
>=20
> Kris
--=20
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