25 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-hackersBoot manager beep (revisited)| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Eric Anderson | May 1, 2006 3:34 am | |
| Darren Pilgrim | May 1, 2006 4:44 am | |
| Giorgos Keramidas | May 1, 2006 5:30 am | |
| Alex Zbyslaw | May 1, 2006 9:31 am | |
| Giorgos Keramidas | May 1, 2006 10:15 am | |
| Luigi Rizzo | May 1, 2006 10:29 am | |
| Giorgos Keramidas | May 1, 2006 10:48 am | |
| Dag-Erling Smørgrav | May 1, 2006 10:54 am | |
| Alex Zbyslaw | May 1, 2006 12:16 pm | |
| Eric Anderson | May 1, 2006 12:22 pm | |
| Alex Zbyslaw | May 1, 2006 12:32 pm | |
| Giorgos Keramidas | May 1, 2006 12:52 pm | |
| Giorgos Keramidas | May 1, 2006 12:54 pm | |
| Eric Anderson | May 1, 2006 12:55 pm | |
| Daniel Lang | May 1, 2006 1:03 pm | |
| Giorgos Keramidas | May 1, 2006 1:06 pm | |
| John Baldwin | May 1, 2006 6:03 pm | |
| John Baldwin | May 1, 2006 6:03 pm | |
| John Baldwin | May 1, 2006 6:03 pm | |
| Giorgos Keramidas | May 2, 2006 5:31 am | |
| Alex Zbyslaw | May 2, 2006 11:36 am | |
| John Baldwin | May 2, 2006 12:38 pm | |
| Dag-Erling Smørgrav | May 2, 2006 1:39 pm | |
| Alex Zbyslaw | May 2, 2006 10:47 pm | |
| Eric Anderson | May 3, 2006 12:50 am |
| Subject: | Boot manager beep (revisited) | |
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| From: | Alex Zbyslaw (xfb...@dial.pipex.com) | |
| Date: | May 1, 2006 12:16:57 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-hackers | |
Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
I'd certainly prefer it if the beep was turned *off* by default, but I'm not sure if that's what everyone prefers. This is why I opted for keeping the current behavior and making my personal preference an option :)
The beep didn't appear until 5.X (and generated quite a few complaints), so the weight of history is behind no beep! The only argument in favour of the beep that I ever so was headless machines. I suspect this could easily turn into a bit of a bikeshed, and a way to turn off beeps without patching boot.S every time would be good regardless of what the default is. But my vote definitely goes for: headless=beep, headed=no beep. IMHO, the beep in 5.X astonished me (in a minor, but particularly irritating, way) and I bet you'd get lots of people saying "thank you for getting rid of that damn beep". The trouble I see with on-by-default is that many people won't realise they can now turn it off. I probably shouldn't suggest that it should be an option in sysinstall ;-)
--Alex