Bug 118421

Summary:	very misleading handling of system bell
Product:	[Unmaintained] kcontrol	Reporter:	Volker Kuhlmann <bugz57>
Component:	kcmbell	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Volker Kuhlmann 2005-12-16 06:53:05 UTC

Version:           3.4.2 Level "b"  (using KDE 3.4.2 Level "b" , SUSE 10.0)
Compiler:          Target: x86_64-suse-linux
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.13-15.7-default

The placement of the options affecting the system bell is extremely bad. I've just spent some time working out why the settings of Sound&Multimedia->SystemBell->Volume/Pitch/Duration do absolutely nothing. After some googling it's clear quite a few people have this problem: there's another tab under Regional&Accessibility->Accessibility->Bell, which also needs to be ticked. But how the noise sounds is still determined by Sound&Multimedia.

This is crazy. Can you keep this together somehow, please? Suitable cross-references might be used to advantage (but reorder the tabs first!). Thanks!

Comment 1 Matthew Flaschen 2006-12-27 15:08:23 UTC

I agree.  At the very least, the option in Accessibility ("Use system bell") should be mirrored in Sound and Multimedia -> System Bell.  As is, it is possible to create an inconsistent state.  I am using 3.5.5:

To reproduce:

1.  In Accessibility -> Bell, uncheck "Use system bell", Apply, check "Use system bell", then Apply once more.
2.  In Sound & Multimedia -> System Bell, uncheck "Use system bell instead of notification".  Apply.
3.  Go back to Accessibility -> Bell .  It will be unchecked.

Expected results:

Both "Use system bell" options are unchecked, so one would expect the system bell to be disabled.  Instead, it is still enabled.

Comment 2 Matthew Flaschen 2006-12-27 15:09:45 UTC

People are much more likely to look for this option under Sound & Multimedia than under Accessibility.

Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 18:04:53 UTC

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I am closing this bug. Kcontrol has been replaced by System Settings in Plasma. Please give the latest version of that a try, and open a new bug in "systemsettings" if you continue to have an issue. Thank you!