lost bell, can I get it back?

[Warren Tucker]

In article <207353 at neabbs.UUCP>, richard at neabbs.UUCP (RICHARD RONTELTAP) writes:
> [ Bell (sound) disappears when switching multiscreen during the beep ]
>  
> I'd like to know this one very much too.
>  
> For us it is a some-what-more-than-minor annoyance, because the
> operator at the console needs to be paged by modem users.
>  
> Richard
> (...!hp4nl!neabbs!richard)

I didn't see the original posting, but I assume you are using SCO XENIX
version 2.2.x or before.  I had a similar problem with 286 2.2.1, but
don't find it with 386 2.3.1.  The problem manifested itself here whenever
I was switching between multiscreens _during_ the bell beep.  I used setcolor
to lengthen the bell period, thus it was a real pain.  I never found a way
to recover the bell without rebooting.  A sort of workaround: use setcolor
on _EVERY_ multiscreen (i.e., at .profile or .login time) to _shorten_ the
bell period.  This reduces but doesn't eliminate the failure mode.
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