Tim: >> Are you literally typing that in, or substituting the name of a real >> file where you've got "file name"? Manu G.V: > yes i am substituting a name of real file(/etc/fstab) Well, don't expect that to work, other than give you strange noises. I'd try getting your hands on something like an ogg file, then playing it with "ogg123", or a wav file and playing it with "play". e.g. ogg123 sound-file.ogg or play /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav You probably have the play command and that generic wav file by default. If not, you should be able to find one somewhere on your system with a command line like: locate wav |grep usr > I am not getting any weird sounds (i was expecting a beep) when i send > something to that device that is why i am worried. I don't know why you expect some random file to make a specific noise, like a beep. I can see your problem perhaps being due to a couple of things: Expecting something unrealistic, or that your sound card is not set up right. You could try running "/usr/bin/system-config-soundcard" to try and fix the latter. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
