loss of X bell with xorg-7.4

[Thomas Dickey]

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 12:14:25PM -0400, Jeff Blank wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've recently upgraded two machines to FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE and
> xorg-7.4_1./xorg-server-1.6.0,1, both compiled from ports.  On both
> machines, I have no X bell.  There's no problem on a console VTY, only

If that's using xterm, patch #242 had an error fixed in #243:

Patch #243 - 2009/3/28
     * remove  check  on bell-percentage added in [249]patch #242, which
            disallowed zero/negative values (Redhat Bugzilla #487829).

> when in X.  I've been through google, this list's archives, and xorg
> man pages, but I can't find any reference to a bell-related setting.
> I normally run an 'xset b' command in my .xsession to get the pitch
> and volume to my liking--I've tried different values, and I've tried
> killing the X server and logging in with no 'xset b' command, but no
> luck.  Even just running 'Xorg' from a console VTY, escaping back to
> the console, and running 'DISPLAY=:0 xterm' produces no bell, so it
> doesn't appear to be anything specific to my user-level X
> configuration.
> 
> System-wide configuration and log are at http://web.mr-happy.com/xorg/ .
> 
> A couple other notes, in case any of this is relevant:
> - I don't use KDE, Gnome, or any other "environment", just a .xsession
>   and fvwm2.
> - I run xdm from /etc/ttys to start my X sessions.
> - Xorg is compiled without HAL support (which doesn't seem like it
>   should be related, but I guess you never know).
> - The two machines are completely unrelated: one is a year-old Dell
>   Optiplex, and the other is a 3-year-old component-build thing.
> 
> Has anyone else run into this?  Any ideas on what I can check or try?
> 
> thanks,
> Jeff
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Thomas E. Dickey
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