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Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm



On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:14:25 -0800
Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:55:27 +0200
> Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Jo, 20 ian 11, 18:38:35, Joe Riel wrote:
> > > Is there some trick to enabling the bell in an xterm?
> > > 
> > > $ xset q | grep bell
> > >   bell percent:  100    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
> > > 
> > > But echoing ^G,
> > > 
> > > $ echo <Ctrl>-v <Ctrl>-g
> > > 
> > > makes no beep.
> > 
> > Does it work on the console? 
> 
> Yes.  That also confirms that the motherboard has a speaker.
> 
> >     beep
> 
> That works; as expected the sound comes through the internal speakers.

I meant "external" speakers.


-- 
Joe Riel


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