On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 01:50:41PM +0200, Christian Jaeger wrote: > 1. switch off console beep (internal pc speaker) in gnome-terminal > (or alltogether). Or let gnome-terminal issue a sound to esd / > /dev/dsp / whatever, so as to let one control volume.
If you use the bash shell add "set bell-style none" to /etc/inputrc to turn the beeps off. see man bash for more information > > 2. let the internal speaker beep through a remote command (so that I > can login from remote, and let the speaker beep until a person sits > down to the computer, logs in and answers my 'talk' request). > You could use ssh to execute a remote shell script. regards, -- staf wagemakers email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] homepage: http://www.stafwag.f2s.com