From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QyotQ-0000hi-TB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:48:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8650421C237; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9895721C106 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:46:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE711B400B for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:46:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -5.323 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.323 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.276, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-4] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PuBJwTYaEl45 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:46:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A3C51B4002 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:46:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QyosB-00086D-6C for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:46:47 +0200 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:46:47 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:46:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Typewriter sound Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:46:36 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20100817172005.GA5110@solfire> <1282073645.451766.13.camel@paska> <4E5E50C2.30900@gmail.com> <1370152.yyKSa8dbEO@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 82549216a54fa6078be7c342a014a53e On 2011-08-31, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Grant Edwards > wrote: >> I've read the xset man page, I've tried the 'c' option, and it does >> absolutely nothing. ?To the best of my recollection, the 'xset c' >> command has never done anything on any X11 machine I've used in the >> past 15+ years. ?I have vague memories of it having done something on >> Sun 3 hardware 20 years ago, but all it did was turn a "click" on/off. > > My guess is that maybe it depends on either: > > a) your keyboard having a speaker built-in I believe that's how it worked with Sun3 keyboards. > b) old school pc-speaker in your computer Even then, how do you play a recorded sound file containing a typeblock-hitting-platen sound through that speaker? It was connected to a timer-counter output pin not a D/A converter (unless you count timer/counter output pin as a 1-bit D/A converter). > but maybe I'm wrong. :) -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! This ASEXUAL PIG at really BOILS my BLOOD gmail.com ... He's so ... so ... URGENT!!