Re: sound bell when 'USB disconnect' in syslog
On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:59:04 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
>> On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:11:24 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>>
>>> I am looking for a package that will sound the bell when 'USB
>>> disconnect' appears in syslog.
>>>
>>> I can write it myself, but does it already exist?
>>
>> I'm not aware of any :-?
>>
>> There is one pretty close to what you need but it only generates visual
>> alerts:
>>
>> udev-notify
>> http://udev-notify.learnfree.eu/
>>
>> I think you will need something similar, based on udev for monitoring
>> USB events and act accordingly using a set of rules...
>>
>>
> Thanks, Camaleón. The beep backage actually has an example of doing it:
>
> tail -f /var/log/xferlog | grep --line-buffered passwd | \
> beep -f 1000 -r 5 -s
>
> I know I had seen it somewhere ;-)
Mmmm, you mean having a "tail -f" script for continously fetching USB
events of syslog? Sounds a bit rustic but if it does the job for
you... :-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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