On 8/28/23 12:20, zithro wrote:
On 28 Aug 2023 09:29, gene heskett wrote:
Greetings;
odd request:
Yeah, almost unreal ^^
Somewhere, for some unk reason, there is a sound file file that plays
at max volume, usually around 2 AM or slightly later, that is very
similar to the 40 yo doorbell in this house. A bing-bong sound that
differs from the real doorbell by maybe 5hz in pitch. Wakes me up,
spoiling a good nights sleep, maybe a dozen times a year an apparently
random dates.
Have you checked all the cron files and the systemd timers ?
cron yes, systemd timers no, don't know how.
To aid in finding it, what extension might that file be carrying to
indicate its a .snd fle, which according to grep on ls -lR's output,
does not exist in the thousands of files under hundreds of random names.
The keyword above is extension, the find/grep tools seem to find a match
anywhere in a filename. getting a thousand hits, none of which are the
last 4 chars of a name.
What if you didn't use an extension when you created the audio file ?
This file that sounds exactly like my doorbell has existed on my
24/7/365.25 on main system for at least 20 years. I'd like to A. find
it, B. find what condition uses it, fix the condition, or even delete it.
Maybe find the script(s) where you use this sound ?
I mean to find HOW you played this sound, ie. with which application.
With ALSA, you could have used "aplay FILE.wav", but you could also have
used xmms, audacity, VLC, mpv, etc.
Its usually in the middle of the night, waking me up because it is as
loud as the real door bell would be. Last Saturday was unusual as it
sounded off at 2:06 and 6:58 EDT. Never occurred while I'm sitting
here. Most of the noises it makes are 30 db quieter.
How can I best do that? updatedb, followed by locate door or locate
bell reports nothing.
locate bing ; locate bong ; locate gong ? You wrote the sound was like
"bing-bong" ^^
In this case, I would recommend to use "find" as root, rather than
"locate", just to prevent the fact the file could not be indexed by
updatedb for whatever reason, and as root in case you put the script
and/or sound in a folder only accessible by root.
PS: last I used locate was on Slackware 13.37, so others may point
errors in that thinking.
There are now 2 different PIR based devices watching that doorbell
button, which trigger on the neighbors cat walking by but remain
silent when this sound jacks me up in the middle of the night.
If you have ennemies, they can use a long stick to ring the bell to
evade PIR detection ^^
Any help in finding this will be hugely appreciated.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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