On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:15:25 -0400 >> Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Alan McKinnon >> > <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0200 >> > > Alex Schuster <wo...@wonkology.org> wrote: >> > > >> > > > Michael Mol writes: >> > > > >> > > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick >> > > > > <n...@digimed.co.uk <mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk>> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > Instead we get, try USE="-*" :P >> > > > > >> > > > > "Try MAKEOPTS='-j1'" >> > > > >> > > > Which in fact often helps... especially for me, I am using >> > > > MAKEOPTS="-j --load=4", and I often experience build problems that >> > > > are not reproducible with a fixed number of jobs, regardless how >> > > > large. >> > > >> > > Yes indeed, and that one is good advice. >> > > >> > > Not every Makefile out there is safe for -j > 1, so running it as >> > > one job is valid debugging. It's the correct thing to do with weird >> > > build failures as it tests if a specific condition is true or not. >> > > >> > > >> > Yeah, except I've already gone that route, or otherwise ruled it out, >> > before I ask. That's why it's grating. (Even more grating when I have >> > to spend the time building a package again, just to convince someone >> > that, no, it's not MAKEOPTS that's the problem.) >> > >> > It's like "Have you tried turning it off and back on again". >> >> I learned that one the hard way :-) >> >> Now when I submit support posts, I try emulate what bgo asks: >> >> 1. nature of problem >> 2. what have I tried already >> 3. steps to reproduce >> 4. result gotten >> 5. expected result >> 6. relevant config files and settings >> >> Tends to weed out a lot of the silly auto-bot style answers >> > > I'm going through one on launchpad right now where I indicated that I > couldn't get beeps out of xterm, but I could get sound from sound-emitting > websites. (Trying to get x11 bell to function via PulseAudio via work > laptop) > > First response? "Needs information: Can you get sound from other sound > apps?" > > #pulseaudio simply ignored me. And googling turns up that Lennart hates the > X server as being a funnel for sound events. I was physically twitching by > the time I gave up...
It is not a feature I use, but... I think you need the x11-bell module loaded in your PA config, and point it to a valid sound file containing your preferred beep noise. Maybe then also run "xset b on" in X... maybe some "xset b something" to set volume of the beep as well, and hope your desktop environment doesn't override your hard work with its own sound preferences. :)
