Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:00:46 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do I ring a bell? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310071357460.90814@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5252AD3D.7070703@fjl.co.uk> References: <52529CFF.9030105@fjl.co.uk> <A174A047-CAC3-4872-91FE-BC8D1D8D9337@boosten.org> <5252AD3D.7070703@fjl.co.uk>
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On Mon, 7 Oct 2013, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > On 07/10/2013 13:06, Peter Boosten wrote: >> >> echo "CTRL-V CTRL-G" should do the trick Or, more easily, printf "\a". > Alas, not. The console driver won't ring the BIOS bell on anything I've > tried. It might on a desktop with a built-in sound card and speakers, but it > won't do anything with the "beep" speaker. It's actually the same solution I > mentioned in the first line (\a translates to 007 which is ctrl-G). Make sure hw.syscons.bell is set to 1. It can be changed at run time, like in /etc/sysctl.conf. Some systems have it disabled (set to 0) because the bell is amazingly loud and piercing. (Looking at you, Dell.)
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