On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 11:52 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > So, this command: > > echo ^G > > also produces no noise? Because that's all ping is goging to be doing. > > That ^G is meant to be a literal ctrl-G, possibly typed as ctrl-v > then ctrl-g. All you have to do to test the terminal bell is press the control and g keys while you're in the terminal. You don't need to try to print the character. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines