linux-kernel - Re: howto get a melodic system beep?

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Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:02:58 +0100
From:	Toon van der Pas <toon@...t.vanvergehaald.nl>
To:	Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@...nline.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: howto get a melodic system beep?

On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 11:25:49PM +0100, 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.

Hi, check out the URL below.
I use this thing on a pc that doesn't have a pc speaker:

http://carcosa.net/jason/software/beep/

Here is a description on how to use this:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Virtual_PC_Speaker

Regards,
Toon.
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 it was always other people who called me weird."
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