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Right on! It's the redirect to /dev/console that does it. As for different tones, I remember coming across something that does this --also in an earlier gnome setup? Thanks for all your suggestions. Cheers, -zeek Sparklehouse Media and Technologies http://sparklehouse.com > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org > [mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of epike > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:32 AM > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org > Subject: Re: [PLUG] System Bell - Beep! > > > Try this, it works for me (this is 5 bells). > > When your'e able to make the speaker ring different > tunes pls let me know, I could use it (my server's > also headless) > > > /bin/echo -e -n "\a" > /dev/console; sleep 1; > /bin/echo -e -n "\a" > /dev/console; sleep 1; > /bin/echo -e -n "\a" > /dev/console; sleep 1; > /bin/echo -e -n "\a" > /dev/console; sleep 1; > /bin/echo -e -n "\a" > /dev/console; sleep 1; > > > > e.pike > > > On 2003年6月10日 22:10:01 -0400 > "zeek" <zeek@sparklehouse.com> wrote: > > > > > Greets PLUGgers, > > > > Does anyone know how to ring a system bell, a beep w/o additional > software? I've > > tried: > > > > echo -n -e "\a" and echo -n -e "007円" > > > > but neither of these are working --even for systems which ring > bells on other > > calls. > > > > > > I want to work this into a BB monitoring alert. > > > > Cheers, > > -zeek > > > > Sparklehouse Media and Technologies > > http://sparklehouse.com > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug > _________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug > _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug