[sylpheed:32156] Re: GTK beeps when opening folders with sorted messages

[Enrico Tröger]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:29:33 +0100, Benat Dagorret <lists at nrd.fr> wrote:

> 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!
Sure!
 
> >From your suggestions I guess there isn't yet a more direct fix to the
Hmmm, not sure. I just don't know a better fix. Since this happened
first to me, I wanted to have a look at the sources and try to fix it
by myself but time is against me ;-).

> 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. 
Oops, of course. You mentioned it in your first post, I should have
read it more carefully, sorry.
I didn't use FreeBSD for a long time but I guess there is something
similar.

Regards,
Enrico

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