PC speaker does not speak

[Jim Cornette]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Even after modprobing pcspkr (and verifying that it's loaded, via 
> lsmod), I can't seem to make my laptop squawk.  "echo -e '\\007'", 
> neither in a terminal window, nor or any one of the ALT-VTs, seems to 
> have any effect.
> 
> I know that the laptop can squawk -- it does it when I turn it on, so I 
> must be missing some other crucial step.
> 
> 

I could not get a beep from my system either. I tried a few printable 
characters like on the table linked below and they printed alright using 
  octal.
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ascii.html

echo -e \\044
$
echo -e \\064
4
echo -e \\007
no beep
echo -e \\176
~

I loaded the pcspkr module before testing. Also ctl-G produced no sound 
either.

Sorry not Not much help.

Jim