RE: [Sheflug] where to add a beep on shutdown

["Dawson, Alan" <DawsonA [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris J wrote:
> And Lo! The Great Prophet "Chris Johnson" uttered these words
> of wisdom:
>> 
>> Thanks to everyone.  I'll give it a try.
>> 
>> Chris
> 
> Just a general thing -- following on from making multiple beeps, I've
> put together a proggy that allows you to make the PC speaker beep
> (via sounding the bell - CTRL-G) at configurable intervals. Someone
> might find it useful. Build instructions in the comments:
> http://cej.nightwolf.org.uk/linux/beep.c
> 

whilst probably not as simple as adding a some beeps, you could put a
terminal on the serial port.
This would have the added advantage that if the networking ever failed or
the box hung, you wouldn't need to lug a monitor and keyboard over, just
connect with a laptop using minicom or *cough* hyperterminal.

put the following at the end of inittab

# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100


> Enjoy,
> 
> Chris...



Alan Dawson
-- 
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