Or, you can put a play [soundfilename]. My personal favorite is the JAWS setup .wav, but then I have a perverse streak, I guess. On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Dan, > > Another strategic place to put a control-g beep is in the file > /etc/issue, which contains the login prompt. I put one just in > front of the "W" of "Welcome". If you kill your speech during the > bootup messages, that beep will tell you when it is okay to enter > your login ID. > > Chuck > > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Dan Murphy wrote: > > > > > fHr > > i Janina. > > Well it isn't as critical as it might have been a couple of months ago. > > My wife and I do use the computer for banking and scanning, but now all > > that mission-critical stuff is on her machine. > > I just chalked it up to dumb luck and once I checked that the drive was ok > > and all that, I proceeded to install Linux on the back 10 gigs, leaving > > the front for Windows. The gentleman who may be able to help > > me with re-installation of windows is an ardent Linux user, so he won't be > > stricken at the site of the Lilo prompt. > > > > I think I'm really beginning to enjoy using Linux. I'm even getting used > > to the way Speakup works in Pine. > > I've become fairly competent with Windows over the years, but always that > > thing hangs over me, "if you accidentally or otherwise blow it away, > > you're sunk until you get eyes in there." Such was not the case with > > Linux thanks to the efforts of people like Kirk and others. I know it's > > probably a goofy thing to be insistent about, but it was nice to actually > > install it from the bottom up and have it working. > > Anyway, enough of my ranting, but I just wanted to let you know I'm not > > presicely heart broken over the loss of my Windows partition. BTW, I like > > the idea of a beep in the booting message for Lilo. > > Later > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > The Moon is Waning Crescent (42% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
