Can I Change the New Mail Control Beep?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Tim here.  Are you running within a terminal in X or are you running
straight in a console without X?

If you're running within X, you can use

  $ xset $VOLUME $PITCH $DURATION

so I have mine set to do

  $ xset b 50 400 100

for 50% volume of a 400Hz tone for 100ms.


If you're running in the pure console, you can try setterm:

  $ setterm --bfreq 75 --blength 25

gives a nice low buzz that doesn't wake my kids.

-tim




On March 13, 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Well, I obviously run pine alot, certainly notice differences in
> the new mail notifications from my laptop as maybe a 500cycle beep,
> in windows a "ding", and a rather suttle maybe 800cycle sound on my
> Debian desktop. I know windows have sound scheems, are their ways
> of picking a different sound or a config where the choices are
> located? Thanks so much in advance
> Chime
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