Hi all,

on this forum I am a newbie but I have used KDE since I was running Linux on my box.

As the subject states I am missing the konsole beep since I have switched to KDE4.
It works until I start X and with it KDE. After that no beep nowhere on the konsole.

Nothing helps when I try enabling it in systemsettings. Apart from the fact that the apply button is greyed out I cannot even test the beep when I highlight the option out of the drop down menu. But the start wav works when KDE loads. So I am out of options with systemsettings.

So I try the good old hand editing of config files.

Found a config file in ~/.kde4/share/config/konsole.notifyrc. It looks like this:

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[Event/BellVisible]
Action=Sound
Execute=
KTTS=
Logfile=
Sound=file:///usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/bell.ogg


I need to know how I can edit one of these entries to get my beep back,
which KDE emulates via my sound device ( creative x-fi - onboard sound disabled )

My kernel has the pc speaker built in in section input device -> miscellanous devices.

My Linux is Gentoo.
On a sidenote I´d like to pont out that the beep works fine on Windows7 Pro 64bit ( windows shell ) which I have running on my second hdd. Which means it should work on my main OS, Gentoo Linux, just as well.


Any help would be greatly appreciated

Transsib

O.k., please forget about all the nonsense above;
I´ve found the solution and it´s not a big deal.
In fact it compares to the most ridiculous matter
imaginable. Only thing is I am not sure how much this
embarasses myself, actually.

After I was done pilfering through config files and after
creating a new, untainted user to test I returned to
systemsettings and searched for the sound file that
was listed for the konsole bell in there:
Code:
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/bell.ogg

Mind the ending .ogg

But it does not exist. Instead a bell.oga sits there. ops:

Now if KDE looks for a bell.ogg but cannot find it because
its name is bell.oga I can run around circles to no avail if
I wanted to enable the konsole bell !

That´s it.

This change can also be made through Konsole > Configure Notifications. Select "Bell in Visible Session" and ensure "Play a sound" is ticked and a file is configured there.