trigger pc speaker to beep when boot up finished

remusb · 12-08-2009, 12:27 AM

Hi all,

I've just setup a computer with ubuntu server 9.10 to be a print server, and is doing fine. As this computer has no monitor attached I would like to get the computer to make a sound when its finished booting up, as a signal that its ready for print jobs.

I've installed the > beep < program with the following command

Quote:

sudo apt-get install beep

While the installation went fine, I am still unable to get the pc-speakers to make a beeping sound when typing in the beep command

Quote:

beep

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thx Remusb

Tinkster · 12-08-2009, 12:52 PM

Hi, welcome to LQ!

Slap it into rc.local (or ubuntus version thereof).

Bratmon · 12-08-2009, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remusb

Hi all,

I've just setup a computer with ubuntu server 9.10 to be a print server, and is doing fine. As this computer has no monitor attached I would like to get the computer to make a sound when its finished booting up, as a signal that its ready for print jobs.

I've installed the > beep < program with the following command

While the installation went fine, I am still unable to get the pc-speakers to make a beeping sound when typing in the beep command

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thx Remusb

Go to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and comment out the line

Code:

blacklist pcspkr

remusb · 12-08-2009, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Go to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and comment out the line
Code:

Code:

blacklist pcspkr

Ok, i've done that and then rebooted the computer, however I can still not get he machine to make any sound with the pc speaker.

Heres how I've tried,

Code:

beep

and

Code:

echo -e '\a'

No luck so far.

Erik_FL · 12-08-2009, 10:53 PM

Unless you actually have a PC speaker connected in your computer you won't hear any beeps. You will have to play the sound through your sound card. Some sound cards can be connected to the speaker output on the motherboard but you usually have to get the correct cable separately.

Look at "man aplay" for the command line utility to play sound files. Use "aplay" instead of "beep". You will have to create or copy a sound file with the beep that you want to play.