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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0005920 | Kali Linux | Feature Requests | public | 2019-12-14 23:48 | 2020-12-01 10:41 |
Reporter | rootjb0 | Assigned To | |||
Priority | normal | Severity | tweak | Reproducibility | always |
Status | closed | Resolution | open | ||
Product Version | 2019.4 | ||||
Summary | 0005920: Remove beep at bootup | ||||
Description | This issue has been ongoing for awhile now, but when booting Kali either via DVD or USB, a loud BEEP comes from the machine. If the goal of Kali-Undercover is to ensure less suspicion while on an engagement, then I feel that the beep sound would be counter-productive to this goal. Also, it attracts a lot of attention if one were to use Kali in a live environment say in a library or office. | ||||
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Additional Information | Would it be possible to change the ISO in the future, so that this noise is absent? When using Parrot Linux or BlackArch, this issue is not present. I'm not suggesting one is better than the other, but I would like to see this at least considered. | ||||
This beep is here for blind people so that they know they are at the prompt. We will not remove that beep by default. If it's really important for you, you might be able to rebuild the live ISO and drop that beep, it's hardcoded in the isolinux/grub configuration file and it must be possible to disable it. Documenting the process would be a nice contribution to https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/documentation/kali-docs For isolinux, the beep is the 0x07 character after "Boot menu" in /isolinux/menu.cfg. |
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Thank you for the instructions and reasoning behind your decision. I appreciate it. |
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I have efi grub, you mean /boot/grub/grub.cfg? Bu there is nothing there! But in /etc/default/grub there is: Uncomment to get a beep at grub start#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1" So I do not have any beeps. |
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@Balling we're speaking of the beep that you get when you boot a live ISO. An installed system doesn't have such beep. |
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This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity. |
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Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2019-12-14 23:48 | rootjb0 | New Issue | |
2019-12-17 09:54 | rhertzog | Note Added: 0011698 | |
2019-12-17 09:55 | rhertzog | Status | new => confirmed |
2019-12-17 15:33 | rootjb0 | Note Added: 0011707 | |
2019-12-18 22:25 | Balling | Note Added: 0011713 | |
2019-12-19 08:32 | rhertzog | Note Added: 0011718 | |
2020-12-01 10:41 | g0tmi1k | Note Added: 0013720 | |
2020-12-01 10:41 | g0tmi1k | Status | confirmed => closed |