[Bug 274502] RELNOTES: document kern.vt.enable_bell=0 by default

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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:37:54 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=274502

            Bug ID: 274502
           Summary: RELNOTES: document kern.vt.enable_bell=0 by default
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: conf
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: jbeich@FreeBSD.org
                CC: manu@freebsd.org
            Blocks: 271607

After base 225639e7db68 ascii(7) BEL is no longer audible in vt(4) unlike
syscons(4). Affects at least termios(4) IMAXBEL, termcap(5) "bl" (Ctrl+G),
tcsh(1) completion (no match), ping(8) -a/-A and X11 bell (configured via "xset
b", implemented in Xorg via KDMKTONE). Not to be confused with speaker(4) or
beep(1).

One can restore the old behavior:

# sysctl kern.vt.enable_bell=1
$ kbdcontrol -b normal


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271607
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