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qylvaran

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Registered: 2006-07-27

Posts: 46

Tilda trouble

I'm using Tilda as my terminal emulator at the moment (on pekwm), and it works mostly okay.  Whenever I do anything that would merit a system beep, as well as most times I move the cursor in vim or mc, the window flickers a bit.  It's kind of annoying, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to stop it.  It doesn't happen in xterm, and I think it has something to do with me turning the system beep off in Tilda.  I'd especially like it to stop flickering when I move around in vim, as it's very distracting.

Thanks for your time.

soloport

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Registered: 2005-03-01

Posts: 442

Re: Tilda trouble

Something to try:
a) Turn beeps back on in Tilda -- should eliminate "flicker notice"
b) 'modprobe -d pcspkr' -- un-install PC Speaker module

This should stop both annoying beeps and screen flashes.  If it does, then add pcspkr to MODULES_BLACKLIST in /etc/rc.conf

HTH

PeteMo

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From: H'Burg, VA

Registered: 2006-01-26

Posts: 191

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Re: Tilda trouble

You also might want to look at xset (part of xorg-server-utils).  I have xset -b in my .xinitrc to  disable the system bell.

qylvaran

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Registered: 2006-07-27

Posts: 46

Re: Tilda trouble

xset -b fixes my system beep problems nicely, although I'm going to look at the module-based solution as well, since I don't like the beeps outside of X either.

I still get flickering in mc and vim, but I think I know why.  When I hide and then unhide tilda, mc gets resized to a smaller rectangle.  If I then move the cursor with the arrow keys, it changes to fill the window again.  Thus the flickering is probably because the program is resizing itself after every action.  Given this diagnosis, does anyone know how to fix it?

Thank you for your help so far!