<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <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>