[Linux-users] System Bell/Notification

[Tony Alfrey]

C M Reinehr wrote:
> I'm having what, at first appearance, is a simple problem, but one that 
> doesn't seem to have a simple answer--at least not one that I've been able to 
> find and simple answers are my specialty. ;-)
> 
> Last week I completed a completely new installation of Debian Etch (stable) on 
> a desktop PC. A critical application is rxvt, a terminal emulation program, 
> which allows the user to connect to our accounting system which is written to 
> use simple, dumb terminals for I/O. An important feature is the use of the 
> system bell to notify the user of important events (of an accounting nature).
> 
> Well, everything on this new PC works, except the system bell. 

Sorry if this suggestion is stupid, but does the system bell work as you 
boot the box?  You're sure that it actually has a speaker connected to 
the bell plug on the MB?



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Tony Alfrey
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