On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:07:59PM +0200, Robert Voigt wrote: > I want to write a shell script that beeps on a certain event. I don' want the > output from the soundcard but from the system speaker, like when I do > something wrong. But it would be nice if I could make the sound shorter or > longer than that, or two short sounds. What's the command for that? > Btw, my system speaker seems too loud. Is there a way to control the volume > in software (I haven't found it in the BIOS setup)? >
See 'man bash' for the shell script variable -- \a alert (bell) Also see 'man xset' to control volume. I'm not sure there is a way to control the volume for console. You can physically mute the speaker itself with tape or some such material if you wanted. kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke