Public bug reported:
The live CD presents the user with a boot options menu and a finite
amount of time to respond before the default options are used. I would
like to suggest a system beep occur when this menu appears.
There have been more than a few occasions when I've booted my laptop
from the live CD, turned away briefly, and then discovered that I had to
reboot because the boot options menu came and went before I could press
F6 and give it the "noapic" option. A system beep would have grabbed my
attention and made the reboots unnecessary. :-)
More importantly, however, there have been vast improvements recently in
the accessibility options which enable users who are blind to perform an
independent install. (Thanks on that front!!!) Unfortunately, the
procedure still requires the user to realize that the boot options menu
has appeared so that he/she can press F5 followed by the desired option.
Coming to this realization when you cannot see the screen can be rather
tricky. A system beep would make it possible for a blind user to know
for sure that it was time to press F5.
Thank you very much for your consideration!!
** Affects: gfxboot (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Please add system beep when live CD boot options menu appears
https://launchpad.net/bugs/67883
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