Shell doesn't beep

[SteelCore]

I'm trying to implement a simple timer in bash using:

me@mylaptop:~$ sleep 5; echo -e "Time's up\a"

but I can't hear the beep sound.
Thanks for your help

[Nano Geek]

It could be that the beeper is disabled. Have you checked your BIOS?
If you tell me what kind of computer you have I'd better be able to help you.

Edit: I don't know if it would help, but you could also try taking the \a out of the quotes. That could be causing the problem.

[SteelCore]

I have tried the following statements and they should be both valid according this excellent book I've been reading.

laptop:~$ sleep 3; echo -e "Time's up\a"
Time's up
laptop:~$ sleep 3; echo "Time's up" $'\a'
Time's

As seen the code properly executes but I still can't hear a beep.
I'm using an LG (S1 Express Dual) laptop. I checked the BIOS settings but could not find anything to enable the beeper.

[Yarui]

Have you tried opening terminal and entering the command

alsamixer

then checking to see if the internal speaker is muted? I think it is labeled something like "beep", but I can't remember for sure. It's one of the ones at the end of the list and I remember it being fairly obvious that was what it was for.

[SteelCore]

I just checked 'alsamixer'. There is a setting for 'beep' and another for 'internal'. I tried them both, alone and together, but still no beep from the shell.
PS after raising the 'beep' level the system started to beep on shutdown.

[SteelCore]

I'm trying to make the Shell produce a timed beep sound.

me@my-laptop:~$ sleep 1; echo -e "Time's up\a"
Time's up
me@my-laptop:~$ sleep 1; echo "Time's up" $'\a'
Time's up 
me@my-laptop:~$

Although I've raised the 'beep' volume in alsamixer, both of the above lines failed to produce the beep.
Thank you for any help.

[Xyro]

Check your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf for the line

blacklist pcspkr

if it is present, change it to

#blacklist pcspkr

and try your code again. If your pc speaker is not blacklisted, then your issue is elsewhere. Hope that helps.

[SteelCore]

Thanks for the reply. The pcspkr was blacklisted and I commented the line but still no sound from the code.

[sisco311]

Load the module:

sudo modprobe pcspkr

[Xyro]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that you need to restart, or as sisco31 pointed out, just simply load the module that had been blacklisted.