From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Lundin Subject: Re: Re Audible reminder in org-mode not working Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:33:27 -0400 Message-ID: <87630gaprc.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48879 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OZNWX-0001cn-GQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:26:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZNWT-00087c-0g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:26:45 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:46246) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZNWS-00087V-VE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:26:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: (evita moreno's message of "Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:15:25 +0000") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: evita moreno Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org evita moreno 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