beep from xterm

hk_linux · 02-10-2005, 01:01 AM

hi,
I am trying to raise continous beep from a script.

< code>
while :
do
echo -ne "\a"
usleep 1000
done
< /code>

This works fine if i run from a terminal. If i run the same from the xterm, it is not raising a beep. Finally i want this script to be called from another script.

Is there any setting which will control the beep.

Also in the /etc/inputrc, the line
# set bell-style none
is commented. The comment in the previous line also says that, this setting is only for the tab-completion.

Please help me.

TIA.

bigearsbilly · 02-10-2005, 04:17 AM

beep on xterm depends on if you are accessing a local
machine probably.

Look at xset
you can set the duration of the beep etc. here.

Changing the default beep on console:
I can't test this as I'm on solaris at work.
But there are 2 escape sequences for this.
These change the default beep.

They are something like this (the numbers 10 + 11 are def. correct):

ESC[10;n where n is the frequency
ESC[11;n where n is the duration in milliseconds

so try (in bash need echo -e, ksh just echo or print):

Code:

echo -e  "\033[10;1000]\a"
echo -e  "\033[11;1000]\a"

hk_linux · 02-10-2005, 09:41 PM

thanks billy, That worked really good.