Pat Dowler Matthias Hoelzer Mike McBride 2003-10-16 3.2 KDE KControl Bell Settings The system bell or beep is a feature of the X server, which attempts to make good use of the available hardware. &kde; normally doesn't use the system bell; instead using its own system notifications, which could include log entries, message popups, or its own beep. You can configure these in the System Notifications &kcontrol; module. It isn't always possible for the X server to actually make a beep sound with exactly the parameters selected due to hardware limitations. For example, on most PCs, volume control is not very good so the X server seems to fake low volume with a reduced duration of the sound. Thus, if the settings don't seem to do anything, this is because the X server and/or the hardware don't support anything better. Users are able to set the following parameters for the bell: volume (percentage of maximum volume) pitch (in Hz) duration (in milliseconds) You can use the test button to hear how the current settings will sound. Pat Dowler, Matthias Hoelzer mhk@kde.org Converted to KDE 2.0 by Mike McBride mpmcbride7@yahoo.com