From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 8 15:47:25 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA13081 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:47:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA13073 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:47:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00994; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:43:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901082343.PAA00994@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Daniel C. Sobral" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: beep, beep, beep! In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 09 Jan 1999 03:54:23 +0900." <3696545F.E546C44@newsguy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 15:43:33 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > in boot.conf on the install floppy, and fix the video console driver to > > understand ^G > > What about "echo \a\a\a", Mike? \a is magic to the parser, it'll generate 'a'. I guess that printf() probably translates \a correctly (I haven't looked), so it would have to be: echo "\a\a\a" or echo \\a\\a\\a -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message