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kev · Joined: Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:40 pm Posts: 12

Hello

I want to write a script that will ring the PC's bell under certain conditions.

The bell works at Boot-time, so I know that it is OK.

I have tried the Konsole:
Settings > Bell > set to system bell

and then echoing 0x07 as well as \a

I have also tried echoing 0x07 and \a in an ordinary { Ctrl-Alt-F2 } terminal.
but it's silent.

What will make it ring please?

Rhakios · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject:

Doesn't beep do that? Sadly this PC doesn't have an internal speaker, so I can't test it. You might need to install beep, but it's found in most repos I've seen.
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Ram · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:28 pm Post subject:

You can ring Solaris' bell with

MartyBartfast · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:13 pm Post subject:

echo -e \\a

works in bash.
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kev · Joined: Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:40 pm Posts: 12

Well, thanks for your ideas.
Although they didn't work, they did give me ideas for searching the 'net.

The answer in Mandriva is to do the following as Root:

kev · Joined: Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:40 pm Posts: 12

I have now found out that in Ubuntu:

The missing PC bell is a BIG issue;
more than that: it is a thoroughly disgraceful mess, the likes of which M$ users niether have nor will EVER have to put up with.

Read this ubuntu thread from post #79 onwards.
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Rhakios · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:58 pm Post subject:

Essentially, the problem is that Mark Shuttleworth wants your computer to go Bongggg!!!, like a Mac does on startup. However, as he can't achieve this, he's had them disable the bell.

Of course, this might be entirely untrue. Smile

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Ram · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:57 am Post subject: