Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 03:49:54 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unpseakable speaker device? Message-ID: <3A28E1E2.8D703D3@urx.com> References: <20001202222840.K377@welearn.com.au>
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Sue Blake wrote: > > Is there some way to test, silently from a shell script, > whether the currently running kernel has PC speaker support? In an xterm window, did you try pressing <ctl>g. That uses the internal speak on two of my systems. Kent > > I was going to test whether the device is writeable, and if so > echo "~" > /dev/speaker > and look at $? but there might be a more elegant way. > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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