On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:15:52 -0400, Tim Largy <tim.largy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [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. Did you check volume control? There is a separate entry there for the for the speaker.