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Maximum number of beep repeats in the terminal?

What is the maximum number of beep repeats that we can pass to the -r flag in the terminal? I'm not seeing anything in the documentation at https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/en/man1/beep.1....
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Dell all-in-one beeping 8 times, how can I disable it?

I have a Dell Inspiron 24 all-in-one model 3455 series and the display on it is cracked. You can't see anything on it. Because of this, I want to use an external monitor, but Windows doesn't duplicate ...
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System beep runs through desktop speakers, I want the motherboard beeper [duplicate]

I've decided to have some retro feeling and ordered a motherboard beeper. The one like this: I've connected the red wire to +5v pin on motherboard and the other one to a pin labeled as "speaker&...
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Connecting 3-pin buzzer to 4 pin System warning speaker

I am trying to connect a three-pin Buzzer to my Motherboard system warning speaker pins to hear the beep codes. I connected the VCC to +5V and GND to GND on the motherboard. I am not sure if this is ...
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Beep program not able to open any device

I am running Debian Stable Linux which is otherwise working very well. I have installed beep package with command apt install beep. There were no errors. However, the command beep is not working. ...
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How can I stop the laptop from beeping?

Every time I boot my laptop (Lenovo Ideapad 3 15ALC6), it beeps 4 times (two times in quick succession, it then waits about a second and then beeps another two times in quick succession) but still ...
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How can you write to tty files

I want to use console API of beep to produce a tone because it has lower latency than the evdev API but doing so is not permitted in a graphical shell. Ctrl+Alt+F6 opens tty6 and after logging in I ...
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The boot buzzer produces infinite short beeps and the system never boots even though all other components appear to be working

I have this old motherboard, and I was trying to revive it, which I have achieved but for a short time, since the motherboard did not have a power button, so I put 2 cables that when making contact ...
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backspace beep on Debian Sid on Latitude e5479

I've installed Debian Stable and then upgraded to Sid on a Latitude e5479. It has no desktop environment. The problem is the backspace beep does not work. It's an important feature of this ...
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GPU produces a 4-beep error code at boot, though not always

Short version When booting my computer, the GPU (NVidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition) emits 4 beeps (1 long, 3 short) and produces no video output. As far as I can tell, the rest of the booting ...
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Computer wont display anything after new ram is installed

After a couple years of having two ram sticks of different speeds (2400MHz and 2666MHz) I decided to buy a new ram stick of speed 2666MHz to replace the 2400. When I installed this ram, my computer ...
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Disable BIOS beeping

I have a Lenovo L480 20LS002YMX which suddenly complains when starting up: 0188: Invalid RFID Serialization Information Area. Press Esc to continue or F1 to enter Setup. According to numerous sites: ...
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New pc issue - no display signal and 1 long 2 short beeps

At first, my hardware: Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1050Ti Low Profile RAM: 2 x 8 GB HYPERX HX432C16PB3A/8 PSU: Chieftec CSN-650C 650W SSD: ADATA ...
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Dell XPS 630i will not boot into bios and sounds beeps

I have a Dell XPS 603i which was my fathers. One day it just died and I have been trying to figure out why. A few things I have done/found is: both hard drives when connected to another computer are ...
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Computer beeps 5 times and restarts constantly before BIOS

A few days ago, the computer I built about 4 years ago suddenly stopped booting up. When I turn it on, it restarts constantly without ever reaching BIOS. The fans turn on for about 10 seconds and then ...
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