[Fedora 7.] I'm that guy who actually wants to *enable* the PC speaker. I have the pcspkr module loaded: [root@somebox ~]# lsmod | grep pcspkr pcspkr 7168 0 and I have the "Enable system beep" box checked in System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Sound, however "echo -e '\a'" makes no sound in a gnome-terminal, an xterm, or the console (i.e. non-X). What else should I try? I know that the speaker on the PC works. Tim