Package: beep
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Here's a patch from Alessandro Zummo which adds a few features, e.g.
being able to specify the device to use and support for the new
evdev types in the kernel. It would be great if you could add
this patch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
--- beep.c 2005-10-04 02:54:04.000000000 +0200
+++ beep.c.new 2005-10-04 02:54:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <linux/kd.h>
+#include <linux/input.h>
/* I don't know where this number comes from, I admit that freely. A
wonderful human named Raine M. Ekman used it in a program that played
@@ -86,18 +87,28 @@
struct beep_parms_t *next; /* in case -n/--new is used. */
} beep_parms_t;
+enum { BEEP_TYPE_CONSOLE, BEEP_TYPE_EVDEV };
+
/* Momma taught me never to use globals, but we need something the signal
handlers can get at.*/
int console_fd = -1;
+int console_type = BEEP_TYPE_CONSOLE;
+char *console_device = NULL;
+
+void do_beep(int freq);
/* If we get interrupted, it would be nice to not leave the speaker beeping in
perpetuity. */
void handle_signal(int signum) {
+
+ if(console_device)
+ free(console_device);
+
switch(signum) {
case SIGINT:
if(console_fd >= 0) {
/* Kill the sound, quit gracefully */
- ioctl(console_fd, KIOCSOUND, 0);
+ do_beep(0);
close(console_fd);
exit(signum);
} else {
@@ -110,7 +121,7 @@
/* print usage and exit */
void usage_bail(const char *executable_name) {
printf("Usage:\n%s [-f freq] [-l length] [-r reps] [-d delay] "
- "[-D delay] [-s] [-c]\n",
+ "[-D delay] [-s] [-c] [-e device]\n",
executable_name);
printf("%s [Options...] [-n] [--new] [Options...] ... \n", executable_name);
printf("%s [-h] [--help]\n", executable_name);
@@ -141,11 +152,12 @@
void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv, beep_parms_t *result) {
int c;
- struct option opt_list[4] = {{"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
+ struct option opt_list[] = {{"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
{"version", 0, NULL, 'V'},
{"new", 0, NULL, 'n'},
+ {"device", 1, NULL, 'e'},
{0,0,0,0}};
- while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "f:l:r:d:D:schvVn", opt_list, NULL))
+ while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "f:l:r:d:D:schvVne:", opt_list, NULL))
!= EOF) {
int argval = -1; /* handle parsed numbers for various arguments */
float argfreq = -1;
@@ -207,6 +219,9 @@
result->next->next = NULL;
result = result->next; /* yes, I meant to do that. */
break;
+ case 'e' : /* also --device */
+ console_device = strdup(optarg);
+ break;
case 'h' : /* notice that this is also --help */
default :
usage_bail(argv[0]);
@@ -214,28 +229,61 @@
}
}
+void do_beep(int freq)
+{
+ if (console_type == BEEP_TYPE_CONSOLE)
+ {
+ if(ioctl(console_fd, KIOCSOUND, freq != 0
+ ? (int)(CLOCK_TICK_RATE/freq)
+ : freq) < 0) {
+ printf("\a"); /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back
on usefulness */
+ perror("ioctl");
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* BEEP_TYPE_EVDEV */
+ struct input_event e;
+
+ e.type = EV_SND;
+ e.code = SND_TONE;
+ e.value = freq;
+
+ write(console_fd, &e, sizeof(struct input_event));
+ }
+}
+
void play_beep(beep_parms_t parms) {
int i; /* loop counter */
/* try to snag the console */
- if((console_fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
- if((console_fd = open("/dev/vc/0", O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Could not open /dev/tty0 or /dev/vc/0 for writing.\n");
- printf("\a"); /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back
on usefulness */
- perror("open");
- exit(1);
- }
+
+ if(console_device)
+ console_fd = open(console_device, O_WRONLY);
+ else
+ if((console_fd = open("/dev/input/event0", O_WRONLY)) == -1)
+ if((console_fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY)) == -1)
+ console_fd = open("/dev/vc/0", O_WRONLY);
+
+ if(console_fd == -1) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s for writing\n",
+ console_device != NULL ? console_device : "/dev/tty0 or /dev/vc/0");
+ printf("\a"); /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back
on usefulness */
+ perror("open");
+ exit(1);
}
+ if (ioctl(console_fd, EVIOCGSND(0)) != -1)
+ console_type = BEEP_TYPE_EVDEV;
+ else
+ console_type = BEEP_TYPE_CONSOLE;
+
/* Beep */
for (i = 0; i < parms.reps; i++) { /* start beep */
- if(ioctl(console_fd, KIOCSOUND, (int)(CLOCK_TICK_RATE/parms.freq)) < 0) {
- printf("\a"); /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back
on usefulness */
- perror("ioctl");
- }
+ do_beep(parms.freq);
/* Look ma, I'm not ansi C compatible! */
usleep(1000*parms.length); /* wait... */
- ioctl(console_fd, KIOCSOUND, 0); /* stop beep */
+ do_beep(0);
if(parms.end_delay || (i+1 < parms.reps))
usleep(1000*parms.delay); /* wait... */
} /* repeat. */
@@ -297,5 +345,8 @@
parms = next;
}
+ if(console_device)
+ free(console_device);
+
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
