Bug#600486: Bug#598132: gdm3: Should beep or permit to configure a beep

[Samuel Thibault]

Josselin Mouette, le Tue 19 Oct 2010 08:31:00 +0200, a écrit :
> Le dimanche 17 octobre 2010 à 16:58 +0200, Samuel Thibault a écrit : 
> > Samuel Thibault, le Sun 17 Oct 2010 16:06:45 +0200, a écrit :
> > > Josselin Mouette, le Mon 27 Sep 2010 18:20:38 +0200, a écrit :
> > > > I would definitely accept a patch to do that.
> > > 
> > > Here is the part that adds the beep.
> > 
> > Here is the part that adds the configuration checkbox in the
> > accessibility panel.  That's in the gnome-settings-daemon package, thus
> > cloning.
> 
> Sorry but this is not going to happen. What use is there for such a
> configuration checkbox?

Err, well, for enabling/disabling it easily, just like other
accessibility features.

> Furthermore there is nothing in the patch that makes the beep actually
> happen.

?!
Sure there is: that code toggles
/desktop/gnome/applications/at/beep_enabled to true, which thus enables
starting beep from the greeter-autostart.

Samuel