How to use the command line to make the internal speaker beep
March 1, 2014
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Ubuntu 11.10
Unix
Ubuntu 11.04
Linux
Ubuntu 12.04
Two simple steps:
Install the beep utility. Executing beep on the command line will make the internal speaker beep.
apt-get install beep
Add pcspkr to /etc/modules to load it at boot time. You can load it manually by executing
modprobe pcspkr
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