Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:06:07 +0200 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> 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: <A174A047-CAC3-4872-91FE-BC8D1D8D9337@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <52529CFF.9030105@fjl.co.uk> References: <52529CFF.9030105@fjl.co.uk>
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On 7 okt. 2013, at 13:37, Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> wrote: > In the good'ol days I could make UNIX ring a bell (literally) by = sending \a to the console TTY (an ASR33 in my case). Now there's an = electronic synthesised ting or beep from an terminal emulator IF it's = got a sound card and so on, and an IBM-PC had a beep routine in the = BIOS. >=20 > Is there any way to make a noise through the built in "bell" speaker = found on an IBM PC compatible server box? Writing 007 to the BIOS cout = routine might do it, but I've realised I haven't got a clue how to do = that. >=20 > I could easily knock up a bit of hardware to go on a serial port (or = similar) that could be triggered to make a noise, but these things have = already got the hardware built in and I'm looking to use what I've = already got. >=20 > Thanks, Frank. >=20 > P.S. "cdcontrol -f /dev/mycdrom eject" is the best I've come up with = so far for getting attention. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" echo "CTRL-V CTRL-G" should do the trick=20 --=20 Peter Boosten http://www.boosten.org
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