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<articleinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author
><firstname
>Pat</firstname
> <surname
>Dowler</surname
> </author>

<author
><firstname
>Matthias</firstname
> <surname
>Hoelzer</surname
> </author>

<author
><firstname
>Mike</firstname
> <surname
>McBride</surname
> </author>

<othercredit role="translator"
><firstname
>Malcolm</firstname
><surname
>Hunter</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>Conversion to British English</contrib
></othercredit
> 
</authorgroup>
<date
>2003-10-16</date>
<releaseinfo
>3.2</releaseinfo>
<keywordset>
<keyword
>KDE</keyword>
<keyword
>KControl</keyword>
<keyword
>Bell</keyword>
<keyword
>Settings</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>

<sect1 id="bell">
<title
>System bell</title>

<para
>The system bell or beep is a feature of the X server, which attempts to make good use of the available hardware. </para>

<para
>&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 <guilabel
>System Notifications</guilabel
> &kcontrol; module.</para>

<note
><para
>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.</para
></note>

<para
>Users are able to set the following parameters for the bell:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem
> <para
>volume (percentage of <quote
>maximum</quote
> volume)</para
> </listitem>
<listitem
> <para
>pitch (in Hz)</para
> </listitem>
<listitem
> <para
>duration (in milliseconds)</para
> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para
>You can use the <guibutton
>test</guibutton
> button to hear how the current settings will sound.</para>

<sect2 id="bell-author"
><title
>Section Authors</title>
<para
>Pat Dowler, Matthias Hoelzer <email
>mhk@kde.org</email
></para>
<para
>Converted to KDE 2.0 by Mike McBride <email
>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
></para>
<para
>Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email
>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
></para
> 
</sect2>
</sect1>

</article>
