On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 02:13:07AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 00:39, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > How does one get a beep unconditionally from that little speaker be it > > from a batch job or whatever. Assume I can give a valid $XAUTHORITY. > > > > I used to do the below, but now: > > $ echo -e \\a > /dev/console > > bash: /dev/console: Permission denied > > Now only root can make it beep. Without resorting to root powers, > > what can one do? > > apt-cache show beep Or if you're into silly little tunes: $ apt-cache show ditty (I use it on my firewall to tell me the dialup connection is going up/down. Cute) > "Sound" like what you're looking for? No pun intended... oh hell who am > I kidding, of course it was intended! :) :-) -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: The herd instinct among economists makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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