[comp.unix.wizards] Let the Sun-3 beep! How???

wagner@iaoobelix.UUCP (04/16/87)

Subject: Bell on SUN-3 Workstation

Apparently, it is impossible to let the Sun console beep without using
`window_bell'. Does anybody out there know of a possiblity other than this
function (e.g. by accessing the keyboard bell) to generate a beep?

Juergen Wagner,		     (USENET) ...seismo!unido!iaoobel!wagner
("Gandalf")			 Fraunhofer Institute IAO, Stuttgart

david@sun.uucp (David DiGiacomo) (04/21/87)

In article <8300001@iaoobelix.UUCP> wagner@iaoobelix.UUCP writes:
>Apparently, it is impossible to let the Sun console beep without using
>`window_bell'. Does anybody out there know of a possiblity other than this
>function (e.g. by accessing the keyboard bell) to generate a beep?

The relevant ioctls are documented on the kbd(4s) man page.
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David DiGiacomo, Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, CA  sun!david david@sun.com