Have you looked up talkingclock by Stormdragon
i have to have all lights and monitors off at night. but i have to know the time so i can take medicine. i use slock and turn off monitor with ddccontrol. this might turn off mouse and keyboard; i wouild have to check. i want debian to tell me the time at certain times. for example tonight i have to take medicine at 2:40 am. here are ideas: - tell me time when i right click [kb much less accessible] - tell me at a prespecified time like 2.40 am - tell me the following hours: midnight, 1 am, 2am any would be ok i think. beeping would be ok too, such as the ship's bell's system or just 1 extra beep added to the time for those 3 times. ideas please? i am not going to be able to do anything particularly complex, buyt i can script bash. [if aboe not possible this would be off topic but if anybody has off list a settable alarm or soething with a red light to see the time [blue or white no good and pwm no good], that would be a lasst resort. i don't hae a digita watch or cell phon e.]