Pat
Dowler
Matthias
Hoelzer
Mike
McBride
2003-10-16
3.2
KDE
KControl
Bell
Settings

## System bell

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.

### Section Authors

Pat Dowler, Matthias Hoelzer mhk@kde.org

Converted to KDE 2.0 by Mike McBride mpmcbride7@yahoo.com