On Dec 16 2007 23:37, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >On Dec 16 2007 23:25, Harald Dunkel wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Is there a way to replace the system beep by something more >> melodic? >> >> I remember some 10 years ago there was a patch for the kernel >> to call an external "beep daemon" playing an audio file instead >> (no kidding). But it never worked very well. Sometimes there >> was a huge delay, and some programs were not very nice to the >> system beep. >> >> My X-mas wish would be to get an improvement here.
In drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c, pcspkr_event() in the SND_BELL case, you could add a reroute so that SND_BELL events are passed to userspace (think /dev/input/pcspkr). Delays are of course possible, and it really depends on how the scheduler does its job (read: you might want to renice your userspace part). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
