A. Dumas  wrote:
> Gordon Henderson wrote, on 08-05-2019 08:33:
>> bob prohaska   wrote:
>>> raspberry pi ? Just something that'll make a noise or signal on
>>> the screen after a settable number of minutes, like an egg timer?
>>
>> sleep 300 ; beep -n 10
>
> No no, he asked for settable minutes, so "sleep 5m; beep -n10" ;)
>
> Oh, I see that beep is not built-in but it's in the repo, see "apt-cache
> show beep"

That's not a desk accessory, but it might do if beep worked. Trying the
example command
beep -f 1000 -n -f 2000 -n -f 1500
produces no sound on a Pi3b+ with speakers on, able to play youtube audio.

Any working solutions appreciated!

bob prohaska

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