Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763615AbXLPWiR (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:38:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759196AbXLPWiC (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:38:02 -0500 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:44891 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758870AbXLPWiB (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:38:01 -0500 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:37:59 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Harald Dunkel cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: howto get a melodic system beep? In-Reply-To: <4765A5ED.60605@t-online.de> Message-ID: References: <4765A5ED.60605@t-online.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 727 Lines: 22 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. Would my xmas too? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/