stupid queston "how to beep"

brbrow · 09-10-2003, 11:48 AM

i need to make my slack to play a "beep" sound.... it's look like when i start my backup i want that slack play a beep 3 times... how do it????

windsok · 09-10-2003, 11:52 AM

http://www.frank-buss.de/beep/

thats the first result that come up on google for me, i tried it and it works.

m0rl0ck · 09-10-2003, 12:10 PM

Put this in your .bashrc

alias beep='echo -ne "\a";sleep 1'

source your .bashrc by typing:

. .bashrc

now whenever you type "beep" you get a beep.
Handy for knowing when a kernel compile finishes

brbrow · 09-10-2003, 02:05 PM

thanks i got lost looking for it all the day!!!!!!

another question "and if i want to turn the beep longer, is it possible???

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bruno

m0rl0ck · 09-10-2003, 11:30 PM

man xset look for the b option
you can vary volume, pitch and duration

brbrow · 09-11-2003, 07:39 AM

thanks !!!!!!

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bruno

brbrow · 09-11-2003, 08:48 AM

xset work only with X i want one that function with the cmdline!!!

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bruno