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by **Tux** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:24 pm

How can I ring the system bell from a terminal?
I feel so dumb :roll:

Please and Thankyou.

by **Void Main** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:58 pm

Do you mean like 'tput bel' or 'printf "\a"'?

by **Void Main** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:28 am

NOTE: In FC3 if you do not have the "pcspkr" kernel module loaded you will not actually hear the bell and of course you can adjust the volume and pitch with the "xset" command. Is this the bell you are referring to?

by **Void Main** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:39 pm

There is also a command called "xkbbell" that will send a beep. If you are doing it from a gnome-terminal, make sure you have the bell enabled (there is a checkbox for it in the gnome-terminal settings menu).

by **Tux** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:49 pm

Thanks void, I loaded the module but unfortunately it shill doesn't make a sound. What sort of values does xset take for volume?

by **Void Main** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:59 pm

xset b 100 250 125

The above would set the volume to 100% and frequency to 250 and duration to 125 miliseconds. Is the bell box checked in your terminal settings?

by **Tux** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:05 pm

Still no joy. I'm sure it's connected though, it works durign POST.
I guess this means it is time to sleep

by **Tux** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:06 am

It seems to work from a virtual terminal, but not from any X application. I'm not at all sure why :S

by **Void Main** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:41 am

You do have the box checked in your gnome-terminal settings to allow the bell right? Just right-click on any Gnome terminal and look at your settings.

by **Tux** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:39 am

Yup, I tried in Konsole and xterm also to triple check the issue

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