Re Audible reminder in org-mode not working

Re Audible reminder in org-mode not working

[evita moreno]

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Dear all,
I have a question which may look like it is already answered but the solutions provided in previous threads don't really work for me. FYI, I am using a Linux Mint Isadora distribution and I tried to run org-mode both in a console-session of emacs (emacs -nw) and in an emacs GUI. I have tried to set an audible reminder for my appointments using:
(setq appt-audible t)
For some reason, this does not seem to work (the visible reminder works just fine). I am sure it does not have to do with volume as it works fine with other apps. BTW, the code I am using is collected from various threads and given that I know next to nothing in LISP, I can safely assume that this is probably the reason the whole audible reminder thing is not working.... 
I was wondering whether anyone out there could provide a bit of code to set audible reminders in org-mode (preferably working in a console too). I am teaching young people to use emacs and org-mode to do their research and running emacs in a console is probably the best thing to do to to stop them from getting distracted from menus, toolbars and other things!
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read my (rather) lengthy message.
-Evita 		 	   		  
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Re: Re Audible reminder in org-mode not working

[Matt Lundin]

evita moreno <evitamoreno80@live.com> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> I have a question which may look like it is already answered but the
> solutions provided in previous threads don't really work for me. FYI, I
> am using a Linux Mint Isadora distribution and I tried to run org-mode
> both in a console-session of emacs (emacs -nw) and in an emacs GUI. I
> have tried to set an audible reminder for my appointments using:
>
> (setq appt-audible t)
>
> For some reason, this does not seem to work (the visible reminder works
> just fine). I am sure it does not have to do with volume as it works
> fine with other apps. BTW, the code I am using is collected from
> various threads and given that I know next to nothing in LISP, I can
> safely assume that this is probably the reason the whole audible
> reminder thing is not working.... 
>
> I was wondering whether anyone out there could provide a bit of code to
> set audible reminders in org-mode (preferably working in a console
> too). I am teaching young people to use emacs and org-mode to do their
> research and running emacs in a console is probably the best thing to
> do to to stop them from getting distracted from menus, toolbars and
> other things!

The first question: Does your computer "beep" under other circumstances?
It's very likely that Linux Mint disables the beep by default. What is
the result the following command produce?

lsmod | grep pcspkr

If pcspkr is enabled, you might want check the value of the following
options with M-x describe-variable....

visible-bell
ring-bell-function

Best,
Matt

RE: Re Audible reminder in org-mode not working

[evita moreno]

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Hello Matt (and thank you for your time!),
Typing $ sudo lsmod | grep pcspkrin my terminal does not give anything. It simply shows the next prompt (if I am using the correct terminology - I am new in emacs and Linux!).
I was able to change the value of the visible bell but I was not able to find a corresponding option for the ring-bell-function. More specifically, the former comes up with a menu/button inside the buffer, which, if selected, allows one to modify value of the visible-bell. The latter (i.e., the ring-bell-function) does not offer such an option.
Any suggestions are more than welcome.
Maybe it is the distribution that disables the audible bell.
Many thanks once more,
Evita
> From: mdl@imapmail.org
> To: evitamoreno80@live.com
> CC: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Re Audible reminder in org-mode not working
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:33:27 -0400
> 
> evita moreno <evitamoreno80@live.com> writes:
> 
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I have a question which may look like it is already answered but the
> > solutions provided in previous threads don't really work for me. FYI, I
> > am using a Linux Mint Isadora distribution and I tried to run org-mode
> > both in a console-session of emacs (emacs -nw) and in an emacs GUI. I
> > have tried to set an audible reminder for my appointments using:
> >
> > (setq appt-audible t)
> >
> > For some reason, this does not seem to work (the visible reminder works
> > just fine). I am sure it does not have to do with volume as it works
> > fine with other apps. BTW, the code I am using is collected from
> > various threads and given that I know next to nothing in LISP, I can
> > safely assume that this is probably the reason the whole audible
> > reminder thing is not working.... 
> >
> > I was wondering whether anyone out there could provide a bit of code to
> > set audible reminders in org-mode (preferably working in a console
> > too). I am teaching young people to use emacs and org-mode to do their
> > research and running emacs in a console is probably the best thing to
> > do to to stop them from getting distracted from menus, toolbars and
> > other things!
> 
> The first question: Does your computer "beep" under other circumstances?
> It's very likely that Linux Mint disables the beep by default. What is
> the result the following command produce?
> 
> lsmod | grep pcspkr
> 
> If pcspkr is enabled, you might want check the value of the following
> options with M-x describe-variable....
> 
> visible-bell
> ring-bell-function
> 
> Best,
> Matt
 		 	   		  
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Re: Re Audible reminder in org-mode not working

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Matt and Evita,

evita moreno wrote:
>> The first question: Does your computer "beep" under other circumstances?
>> It's very likely that Linux Mint disables the beep by default. What is
>> the result the following command produce?
>> 
>> lsmod | grep pcspkr
>> 
>> If pcspkr is enabled
>
> Typing $ sudo lsmod | grep pcspkrin my terminal does not give anything. It
> simply shows the next prompt (if I am using the correct terminology - I am
> new in emacs and Linux!).

Just to say I do have sound emitted by my laptop, though I don't have the
above module loaded (just checked your command).

Maybe grepping on `snd' would give interesting feedback?

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
[sva@mundaneum] ~>lsmod | grep -i snd
snd_hda_codec_realtek   203310  1 
snd_hda_intel          21941  2 
snd_hda_codec          74201  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5412  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70662  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    54148  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               6620  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sébastien Vauban


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Re: Re Audible reminder in org-mode not working

[Matthew Lundin]

Hi evita,

evita moreno <evitamoreno80@live.com> writes:

> Typing 
> $ sudo lsmod | grep pcspkr
> in my terminal does not give anything. It simply shows the next prompt
> (if I am using the correct terminology - I am new in emacs and Linux!).
>

You could try "sudo modprobe pcspkr". This should activate the
system beep if your distribution has turned it off. 

Best,
Matt