From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id C81531EF787; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 17:08:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (mta1.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.23]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 407A61EF783 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 17:08:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 972024566A; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 16:08:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3IfVyJP0gbS3; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 16:08:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473034573E; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 16:08:01 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on mta1.math.wisc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-101.0 required=6.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from mailhost.math.wisc.edu (erdos.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.25]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 16:08:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [144.92.166.19] (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailhost.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 42EF6867316; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 16:08:01 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <552598B1.7080902@math.wisc.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 16:08:01 -0500 From: John G Heim User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Glenn / Lenny , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: playing a tune at startup References: <52FA7C03.6070206@math.wisc.edu> <004201d06e4f$9c0cf130$d426d390$@wessel.com> <551F2DF9.7020405@math.wisc.edu> <004501d0714c$c0060ea0$40122be0$@wessel.com> <2BA4251022B74C4A86117810E9211018@LennyPC> In-Reply-To: <2BA4251022B74C4A86117810E9211018@LennyPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 21:08:23 -0000 I'm not sure you can get a beep for each item on the grub menu any more. You used to do that by editing the grub config file and inserting n ASCII character 7 on the title line for each boot stanza. But there is no reason that has to work at all any more -- it would depend on how the grub menu is displayed. But another problem is that the grub config file is generated by update-grub now. If you edit the config file, it will be over written next time you run update-grub. Crazy idea... We should try to get the grub developers to beep the morse code for the characters of each grub menu item. Perhaps if you press the right arrow key, it beeps the morse code for the first letter of the line. Press it again, it beeps the second letter. Even if you don't know morse code, you could do it slowly enough to look it up. For most items, you'd need only the first letter or 2. On 04/07/2015 07:54 PM, Glenn / Lenny wrote: > Since GRUB 2, I haven't known how to alter GRUB, I would like to set the > time-out, and it would be nice to have a beep for each item, or at least a > beep at the top and bottom, and I would like to change the order of the > items. > Maybe it is easier now, but I don't know how to do it. > Thanks for any info. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Wessel" > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 11:06 AM > Subject: RE: playing a tune at startup > > > Thank you, Sir! Got it, installed the beep utility, and now I have a cavalry > charge on boot-up! > > > GRUB_INIT_TUNE="800 523 2 698 2 880 2 1046 1 1 3 880 2 1046 4" > > What a nifty utility! > > Keith > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces@linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of John > G. Heim > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 7:19 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: playing a tune at startup > > Sorry, I must have moved it. I don't remember doing that. Anyway: > > wget http://www.iavit.org/~john/debian/grub-init-tune > > > On 04/03/2015 03:48 PM, Keith Wessel wrote: >> John, >> >> I'm finally on grub2 and was eager to dive in and make myself a catchy >> little tune! Sadly, your script gives me a 404. Where did it go??? >> >> Keith >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces@linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of John >> G. Heim >> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:38 PM >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: playing a tune at startup >> >> All, >> >> I've written what i think is a handy little utility for testing and >> experimenting with grub init tunes. To use it, you can do one of three >> things: >> 1. Just run the script. In this case, it will read /etc/default/grub and >> play the current GRUB_INIT_TUNE. >> 2.Set the GRUB_INIT_TUNE environmental variable to a tune. In this case, >> it will play your tune. This allows you to try out different tunes. >> 3. Use one of the tunes I've created. Do this by editing the script and >> uncommenting the line for the tune you want to try. There are several >> tunes listed at the top of the script. >> >> The script plays the GRUB_INIT_TUNE and then echos it to the console. >> To save a tune, just redirect the output to your grub default file,: >> >> # grub-init-tune >> /etc/default/grub >> # update-grub >> >> To download the script, point a browser here: >> http://www.iavit.org/~john/grub-init-tune >> >> >> Or: >> # wget http://www.iavit.org/~john/grub-init-tune >> # chmod 07555 grub-init-tune >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- John Heim, jheim@math.wisc.edu, skype:john.g.heim