[sylpheed:32154] Re: GTK beeps when opening folders with sorted messages

[Benat Dagorret]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:15:34 +0100
Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:01:22 +0100, Benat Dagorret <lists at nrd.fr> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:06:43 +0100
> > Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:12:03 +0000, Benat Dagorret <lists at nrd.fr> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > I have been using Sylpheed for several years but I'm getting trouble
> > > > with a newly installed 2.4.8 version: Sylpheed makes GTK beep when I
> > > > open folders containing *sorted* messages. This happens with any number
> > > > of messages being in the folder (except when the folder is empty). 
> > > > 
> > > > GTK stops beeping when the messages aren't sorted anymore, i.e. using
> > > > the menu "View -> Sort -> Don't sort".
> > > 
> > > You can make GTK generally stop beeping by adding the following line
> > > into your ~/.gtkrc-2.0:
> > > gtk-error-bell = 0
> > > 
> > > Then GTK won't beep anymore(needs a restart of running applications).
> > > But maybe you will miss then some *wanted* beeps, your decision ;-).
> > 
> > Thanks Enrico. Yes, I suppose some beeps might be salutary :-) 
> > (But I was thinking about cutting the speaker wires, so your suggestion
> > is less radical anyway :-)) )
> Another way than disabling beeps on GTK, is to unload the the "pcskpr"
> kernel module. Then you really don't have any beeps(except for the ones
> from the BIOS if any).
> 
> Unloading the kernel module is nearly as effective as cutting the
> speaker wires but more easily reversible ;-).
> 

Well, if no solution is found, at least we have enjoyed some humour :-)
After all, computing doesn't need to be as serious!

>From your suggestions I guess there isn't yet a more direct fix to the
problem reported on December 2007. I will try to spend some time on it
and see what I can find (maybe building Sylpheed from latest sources is
a good starting point). 

Downgrading to a previous "no beeps" version like Sylpheed 2.3.1 could
also be a last resort solution.

Thanks for the module suggestion. I'm a FreeBSD user for a couple of
years and I will look for the equivalent function under this OS. 

Regards.

-- 
Benat Dagorret