Package: sysvinit Version: 2.88dsf-13 Severity: normal
The shutdown command prints a shutdown message to the (any) console. This message includes the ascii character 0x07 and creates a system beep. I have at least two computers where I cannot mute this beep. It will also happen when shutting down the computer using e.g. gnome. Because this beep is very loud and very inconvenient I consider it a bug and not a wish. I can barely see any use for it and it does not seem to increase the security level. Especially on my laptop I had trouble when I wanted to shut it down in a public environment. Currently, I have to manually change the letter in the compiled binary with a hex editor to remove the beep. Thanks for your help! Kind Regards, Andreas -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages sysvinit depends on: ii initscripts 2.88dsf-13 scripts for initializing and shutt ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii libsepol1 2.0.41-1 SELinux library for manipulating b ii sysv-rc 2.88dsf-13 System-V-like runlevel change mech ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-13 System-V-like utilities sysvinit recommends no packages. sysvinit suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
