motherboard beep

Question

I am using a Debian machine, ARK-3360F, and I need to make it beep like it does when it starts-up. Unfortunately, there is not any other speaker than this on the machine, so the below methods do not work even if I use modprobe pcspkr:

echo -e "\a"
echo ^G
echo -e "\07"

-and the beep program

I used echo -e instead of printf since it is in terminal and not C. Still it doesn't beep. — Alex, Jan 13 '14 at 08:42
@Alex: You can use printf in various shells. Checked alsamixer? — Runium, Jan 13 '14 at 08:51
sorry you are right. However, printf didn't work and so does the beep program. — Alex, Jan 13 '14 at 08:59
@Alex: Yes, somehow missed that you had tested with beep. Checked alsamixer? Here are some ways to mute beep – but you might find some of it useful. — Runium, Jan 13 '14 at 09:07
I tried but there is no such package for a non-graphic Debian in the apt-cache. — Alex, Jan 13 '14 at 09:17
Does it beep on BOOT? As in: sure it actually has a speaker? If it has, and beep does not beep, it mostly sound slike a mute issue. You could also try with snd-pcsp as noted here. This should give an extra entry for pcsp in ALSA. If no alsamixer try amixer. — Runium, Jan 13 '14 at 09:23
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1974/how-do-i-make-my-pc-speaker-beep — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Sep 09 '15 at 20:46

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '14 at 08:31

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As root echo to /dev/console:

 echo -e '\a' > /dev/console

or as normal user:

sudo bash -c "echo -e '\a' > /dev/console"

as indicated you may have to run sudo modprobe pcspkr first.

answered Jan 13 '14 at 08:31

Timo

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this works on my laptop which has normal speakers but not on the Debian machine. Unfortunately, the sound doesn't come from the motherboard speaker but from the normal speakers. – Alex Jan 13 '14 at 08:50

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