<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Visible bell mini-Howto: Disabling the Audible Bell on the Text Console</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Visual-Bell-8.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Visual-Bell-6.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Visual-Bell.html#toc7" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Visual-Bell-8.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Visual-Bell-6.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Visual-Bell.html#toc7">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s7">7. Disabling the Audible Bell on the Text Console</A></H2> <P>If you want to force the visible bell on your console you can use the "<CODE>bl</CODE>" entry in <CODE>termcap</CODE> and define it with the same string suggested for "<CODE>vb</CODE>" above. This approach is handy if you don't want to customize each application (which is described below, anyway). I use this option on all the machines where I can run Linux and I can't detach the speaker. <P> <HR> <A HREF="Visual-Bell-8.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Visual-Bell-6.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Visual-Bell.html#toc7">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>