On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:59:04 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:11:24 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> >>> I am looking for a package that will sound the bell when 'USB >>> disconnect' appears in syslog. >>> >>> I can write it myself, but does it already exist? >> >> I'm not aware of any :-? >> >> There is one pretty close to what you need but it only generates visual >> alerts: >> >> udev-notify >> http://udev-notify.learnfree.eu/ >> >> I think you will need something similar, based on udev for monitoring >> USB events and act accordingly using a set of rules... >> >> > Thanks, Camaleón. The beep backage actually has an example of doing it: > > tail -f /var/log/xferlog | grep --line-buffered passwd | \ > beep -f 1000 -r 5 -s > > I know I had seen it somewhere ;-)
Mmmm, you mean having a "tail -f" script for continously fetching USB events of syslog? Sounds a bit rustic but if it does the job for you... :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.08.08.13.37...@gmail.com
