Running Solaris in a quiet environment

[Keith Michaels]

I need to configure my Ultrasparc-10/Solaris 8 system to NOT make
any noise under any conditions. I mean no beeps, no flash audio,
nothing. And it has to be permanent across reboots, upgrades,
patches, and other users that may log in on it.

Anything short of snipping wires will be considered, but it has to
be equally reliable. Headset sound-only is OK if it can be guaranteed.

[Dr. David Kirkby]

Keith Michaels wrote:

>
> I need to configure my Ultrasparc-10/Solaris 8 system to NOT make
> any noise under any conditions. I mean no beeps, no flash audio,
> nothing. And it has to be permanent across reboots, upgrades,
> patches, and other users that may log in on it.
>
> Anything short of snipping wires will be considered, but it has to
> be equally reliable. Headset sound-only is OK if it can be guaranteed.

And fans ?

Removing a wire from a speaker is probably quite possible without
snipping the wire. Push on terminals are normally used - I've never
looked inside a U10 though.

--
Dr. David Kirkby,
Senior Research Fellow,
Department of Medical Physics,
University College London,
11-20 Capper St, London, WC1E 6JA.
Tel: 020 7679 6408 Fax: 020 7679 6269
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e-mail [email]davek@medphys.ucl.ac.uk[/email]

[Anthony Mandic]

Keith Michaels wrote:

>
> I need to configure my Ultrasparc-10/Solaris 8 system to NOT make
> any noise under any conditions. I mean no beeps, no flash audio,
> nothing. And it has to be permanent across reboots, upgrades,
> patches, and other users that may log in on it.

Can we ask why? What about fan noise and hard disks?

-am © 2003

[Keith Michaels]

In article <3F2A09CF.27BDF82D@hotmail.com>,
Anthony Mandic <py@hotmail.com> writes:
|> Keith Michaels wrote:
|> >
|> > I need to configure my Ultrasparc-10/Solaris 8 system to NOT make
|> > any noise under any conditions. I mean no beeps, no flash audio,
|> > nothing. And it has to be permanent across reboots, upgrades,
|> > patches, and other users that may log in on it.
|>
|> Can we ask why? What about fan noise and hard disks?
|>
|> -am © 2003


Sorry to disappoint, but it's not for espionage, or recording studio,
or concert hall, but just densely populated cubicles where an
uninterruptable beepfest from accidentally catting a binary file is
NOT appreciated, nor browsing some site that thinks they're making
a movie.

Fan noise and hard disk noise we're just going to have to live with.

[Anthony Mandic]

Keith Michaels wrote:

> Sorry to disappoint, but it's not for espionage, or recording studio,
> or concert hall, but just densely populated cubicles where an
> uninterruptable beepfest from accidentally catting a binary file is
> NOT appreciated, nor browsing some site that thinks they're making
> a movie.

OK, disabling audio can be best done by removing the audio
package. Keyboard beeps are another issue. You could try
setting the audible bell to the visible bell in the terminfo
files. Some beeps, like at boot time, may be unavoidable
though.

> Fan noise and hard disk noise we're just going to have to live with.

You could try an acoustic hood or some simple baffling. Heat
may become a problem though. Consider locating the systems under
the desk.

-am © 2003