On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:17:29 -0500

Jesse Shaver <jshaver@attbi.com> wrote:

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If i can get it, I would really prefer an auditory bell over a visual bell, but I still can't find anything that works in X

In an xterm, type this exactly:

perl -e 'print chr(7)' and hit enter.

Here is another thing I just remembered, you need to be a member of group "console" in order to ring the bell. Make sure you are in group console. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation