2010/1/25 Julian Leyh <julian@vgai.de>:
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> Am 24.01.10 01:32, schrieb jean-francois:
>>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Can someone give a hin on how to make the speaker to beep for example with
>> a command or a C program ?
>>
>> I started to write a little C program thinking there was a beep()
>> functione,
>> but it seems not ....
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>
> how about midiplay(1)?

I can confirm that midiplay works; I've used it in the past, before I
knew any better. But using a midi file player to play a *.mid file via
the PC speaker is a very roundabout way to produce a beep. I like
redirecting stuff to /dev/speaker better. YMMV.

regards,
--ropers