On 10/18/24 21:14, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 4:03 AM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
The terminal may cause the system to beep, or it may flash,
or it may do nothing at all.
My configuration of gnome-terminal makes an audible beep, but it's not the
same pitch as the actual console, something like a major 7th lower.
Another issue is that some newer motherboards might not even have the
beeper physically installed.
There is that. Fortunately you can buy them cheaply. Well, tiny piezo
things that do the job. I bought (half of) a 10-pack, and then promptly
misplaced it. I wrote a startup script for a headless machine that plays a
tune so I'd know when it's ready, but now that I've upgraded to a mobo
without a speaker it's rather useless.
Frankly I rarely use the motherboard beeper. I find that if you have a
sound card much more information can be transmitted through speech, so
espeak FTW.
--
Frankly, your argument wouldn't float were the sea composed of mercury.
-- Biff
