If you're using Konsole, the beep capability was removed long ago for KDE4. I added to a bug about it on their Bugzilla and the developer stated that it would not be fixed. :-( - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us