On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 11:52 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 13May2011 08:17, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 21:04 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: > | > As root, "modprobe pcspkr" > | > > | I need to apologize. The above suggestion does work. But not on my > | laptop. It works on my desktop. What is also strange is that the pcspkr > | is not loaded by default. So you need to load it explicitly to make the > | ping -a feature work. At least it is not loaded by default on my > | machines. > > 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. No that does not work. Neither does ctrl-g typed at the keyboard work on my laptop. So I guess it is a laptop related issue. -- ======================================================================= "Remember kids, if there's a loaded gun in the room, be sure that you're the one holding it" -- Captain Combat ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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