From: "David S" 
Subject: Re: That damn dinging
Date: 1998/04/18
Message-ID: #1/1
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NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 14:11:42 EST
Newsgroups: fido.novell


Hi Alex.

the easiest way would be to type the following at the system console screen:

set sound bell for alerts = off

this will not stop the error messages, only the beep. of course, you'll need
access to the console, so you might need a password to gain access.

Hope this helps.

David Sandbrand




Alex J. Riggs wrote in message ...
>Hello all,
>
>    If anyone knows how to fix this please respond. I sit in a small
cubicle
>with a Novell 4.1 server and a couple of workstations. Every 2 minutes
>exactly (I've timed it) the server makes a "ding" noise and displays this
>message:
>
>        Synthetic time is being issued on partition "ABCXYZ."
>
>    What exactly is this? and does anyone know how to make it stop WITHOUT
>disconnecting the speaker? Please help because this is driving me up a
tree.
>
>Thank you
>
>--Alex
>
>