How do I ring a bell?

[Warren Block]

On Mon, 7 Oct 2013, Frank Leonhardt wrote:
> On 07/10/2013 13:06, Peter Boosten wrote:
>>
>> echo "CTRL-V CTRL-G" should do the trick

Or, more easily, printf "\a".

> Alas, not. The console driver won't ring the BIOS bell on anything I've 
> tried. It might on a desktop with a built-in sound card and speakers, but it 
> won't do anything with the "beep" speaker. It's actually the same solution I 
> mentioned in the first line (\a translates to 007 which is ctrl-G).

Make sure hw.syscons.bell is set to 1.  It can be changed at run time, 
like in /etc/sysctl.conf.  Some systems have it disabled (set to 0) 
because the bell is amazingly loud and piercing.  (Looking at you, 
Dell.)