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    • C Offline
      collinsl
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I know this may sound strange, but I am looking at making a script similar to beep.sh to run from the command line to make the motherboard buzzer/speaker thingy play jingle bells.

      I have the basic script and idea, I am just struggling to make the pauses between the notes the correct length.

      Thanks,
      collinsl

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        kronso
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        It's a firewall. It's not a jingle bell machine.

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          cmb
          last edited by

          @kronso:

          It's a firewall. It's not a jingle bell machine.

          haha  hey it can be both.  ;D

          For the OP, probably find more help searching on beep, shell scripting, and related things. I don't have an answer, but it's a funny idea and a funnier response.  :D

          If you happen to get it working you should post it  :)

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            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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            http://www.geekculture.com/ultimatebb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000287

            :-)

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              collinsl
              last edited by

              @kronso:

              It's a firewall. It's not a jingle bell machine.

              Thank you for this insightful response.

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                collinsl
                last edited by

                @cmb:

                @kronso:

                It's a firewall. It's not a jingle bell machine.

                haha  hey it can be both.  ;D

                For the OP, probably find more help searching on beep, shell scripting, and related things. I don't have an answer, but it's a funny idea and a funnier response.   :D

                If you happen to get it working you should post it  :)

                I have the basic script from beep.sh, the startup jingle, I just can't get the pauses right, as jingle bells has pauses between some of the notes.

                Thanks for the help

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                  collinsl
                  last edited by

                  @jimp:

                  http://www.geekculture.com/ultimatebb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000287

                  :-)

                  Thanks for the response. I will look into this topic

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                    collinsl
                    last edited by

                    In a similar vein, if the PC has a sound card and inbuilt speaker, could it be made to play a music file?

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                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      @collinsl:

                      In a similar vein, if the PC has a sound card and inbuilt speaker, could it be made to play a music file?

                      It could, but we do not include sound drivers or kernel modules for sound.

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                        collinsl
                        last edited by

                        @jimp:

                        @collinsl:

                        In a similar vein, if the PC has a sound card and inbuilt speaker, could it be made to play a music file?

                        It could, but we do not include sound drivers or kernel modules for sound.

                        Right, thanks.

                        How hard would it be to add said modules/drivers?

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                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                          You'd just need to copy the sound modules over from a stock freebsd install and load them. If you know your way around FreeBSD, it wouldn't be terribly hard. If you don't, it might be a little difficult to get it all straight.

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                            collinsl
                            last edited by

                            @jimp:

                            You'd just need to copy the sound modules over from a stock freebsd install and load them. If you know your way around FreeBSD, it wouldn't be terribly hard. If you don't, it might be a little difficult to get it all straight.

                            Right, thanks.

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                              mhab12
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                              For the pauses in Jingle Bells, would it be possible to just insert a note (or notes) with a frequency outside the range of the PC beep speaker, i.e. 1 or 999999?

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                                collinsl
                                last edited by

                                @mhab12:

                                For the pauses in Jingle Bells, would it be possible to just insert a note (or notes) with a frequency outside the range of the PC beep speaker, i.e. 1 or 999999?

                                I will try that, thanks.

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                                  tommyboy180
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                                  Oh and please share source when you got it! This sounds really fun!

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                                    collinsl
                                    last edited by

                                    @tommyboy180:

                                    Oh and please share source when you got it! This sounds really fun!

                                    Will do.

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                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      This is awsome!  ;D
                                      In my opinion (as someone living in a supposedly Christian country!) it should be part of pfsense. If you reboot your box on Christmas day it should play jinglebells.  :D
                                      That opens up the possibility of other date related start up themes…....

                                      Steve

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