beeping under linux

[Alexander Schmolck]

This is only partly a python question, but what is the easiest way to get
python to (reliably) beep under linux? By reliably I mean that ``print "\b"``
won't do because it depends on the terminal settings -- so I guess I'm looking
for some simple way to more or less directly access the internal speaker
(maybe writing to something in /dev/).

[The usage scenario is simply to have an effective way of signalling that a
long running-process finshed, without me having to constantly look at the
screen]

'as