On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 10:18 +1100, Graeme Gill wrote: > Alastair M. Robinson wrote: > > Oh really? Actually, come to think of it, I don't think I've heard a > > terminal beep in a while. I do tend to disable system sounds, but I've > > just tried and failed to make a terminal beep happen on three recent > > versions of Ubuntu! > > It seems that recent operating systems are making this harder and harder. > MS Vista/Win7 dropped the PC speaker driver, so you don't hear anything > unless you have some sort of speaker plugged into the audio > system. This is a step backwards in my view. > > It seems like Linux is heading in the same direction... Fedora 14 was beeping fine when I ran chartread. > > Getting the beeping working will speed up your EyeOne and Munki > strip reading considerably, since you don't have to look at > the screen. > > Graeme Gill.