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 1QyvcX-0000u1-TO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:59:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F239A21C1D1; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 00:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D9E21C059 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 00:58:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EDE51B400A for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 00:58:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.966 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.966 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.566, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-4, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] 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 irMhCday8fpF for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 00:57:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 727F11B4016 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 00:57:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QyvbI-0008GI-T1 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:57:48 +0200 Received: from 68.168.167.182 ([68.168.167.182]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:57:48 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 68.168.167.182 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:57:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Typewriter sound Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 00:57:37 +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: 68.168.167.182 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 73b69b66fb6d890ab7ab40763280e9d0 On 2011-08-31, Paul Hartman wrote: >> I checked, and I do have the old standard PC-speaker connected to the >> motherboard, and "xset c" still does nothing. >> >>> not playing a custom sound file. >> >> Which is what the OP asked for. > > Hey, it wasn't my idea. Talk to Volker for more details about the > xset-as-typewriter-sound idea. :) I'm still waiting for him to defend his snide remarks about how we were all stupid for doing things other than using xset... > I didn't reply to the OP. I only replied about xset > (non-)functionality, where it sounds like we're in agreement that it > just sounds the system bell (or whatever you call it). No, it doesn't do that for me, and I don't ever remember being able to get it to do so. I just tried on a couple different systems (all of which have a "pc speaker", and 'xset c' doesn't do anying. Does 'xset c' work for you? -- Grant