[Tutor] Beep sound

[Bod Soutar]

> Thank you for your reply Bodsda,
>
> Actually, I didn't think there was any need to make any guesses since "echo
> -e" is exclusively a Linux command. Anyway, I had already spent some time
> searching for an answerer and the answer given most often was to "modprobe
> pcspkr". This didn't lead to a working beep.
>
> As I said previously, I'm was only curious and it's of little importance.
> There are many methods, some more complex than others, to play sound files.
> I found that the pygame library is the easiest to use.
>
> Thank you again for taking the time to answer.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Phil
>

Your on the right track, the other thing I've seen is pcspkr being
blacklisted. Look in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf for a line like
'blacklist pcspkr' if it's there, remove it then modprobe or reboot
and it should be working again.

HTH,
Bodsda