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0005920Kali LinuxFeature Requestspublic2020-12-01 10:41
Reporterrootjb0 Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritytweakReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version2019.4 
Summary0005920: 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.

Steps To Reproduce
  1. Boot Kali

  2. Depending on the machine used, the beep may be loud or it might be quiet.

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.

Activities

rhertzog

rhertzog

2019-12-17 09:54

administrator   ~0011698

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.
For GRUB, the beep comes from the following two lines in /boot/grub.cfg:
insmod play
play 960 440 1 0 4 440 1

rootjb0

rootjb0

2019-12-17 15:33

reporter   ~0011707

Thank you for the instructions and reasoning behind your decision. I appreciate it.

Balling

Balling

2019-12-18 22:25

reporter   ~0011713

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.

rhertzog

rhertzog

2019-12-19 08:32

administrator   ~0011718

@Balling we're speaking of the beep that you get when you boot a live ISO. An installed system doesn't have such beep.

g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2020-12-01 10:41

administrator   ~0013720

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.
Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?
If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
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