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Re: Console bell (beep) lost



On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 10:18:23PM -0700, Ryo Furue wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After I upgraded the kernel from 2.4.18 SMP to 2.6.7 SMP,
> I lost the console bell (beep).  I don't think I changed
> anything other than the kernel.  Is it possible that the
> lack of the console bell is due to the kernel?  If so,
> could someone tell me where to look?
> 
> I tried "xset b 100 400", which didn't work.  I searched
> Google and Google Groups but didn't find how to fix the
> problem.  I've been using first Sun and then Liunx
> workstations for more than ten years, but I've never
> thought of the possibility of the lack of the console bell
> (except when I say "xset b off").

Do you get a beep when you run beep?
It's in the beep package.
It uses lowlevel kernel interfaces, not X, so it might work..



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