Turning beep ON

JasonC10203 · 11-09-2008, 03:37 PM

Hi,

I am trying to experiment with the beep function of my computer. When I type beep at a terminal and hit enter, nothing happens. There is absolutely no sound.

I am running GRML 1.0 and using Fluxbox for a window manager.

Ideally I would like my computer to beep when I receive a message from a friend. I am using Bitlbee through IRSSI. I run IRSSI in a screen. My ~/.irssi/startup looks like this:

Code:

set bell_beeps on
set beep_msg_level MSGS NOTICES DCC DCCMSGS HILIGHT

Then in my ~/.screenrc I have this:

Code:

vbell off

for the last line in the file.

I want to have either a visual or audio alert occur when my chat window is unfocused and I receive a message.

Can anyone help me?

kenneho · 11-10-2008, 01:12 AM

Hi.

Have you loaded the "beeper" module into the kernel? You can check this by issuing a command like this:

Code:

modprobe -l | grep -i pcspkr

If you get a result then this should be ok, else you should issue this command:

Code:

modprobe pcspkr

Hope this helps.