Name: boT120536 Date: 05/13/2001


java version "1.3.1-rc1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-rc1-b21)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-rc1-b21, mixed mode)

$ cat >Test.java
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
System.exit(0);
}
}
^D
$ javac Test.java
$ echo -en "\a" #make sure that speaker works
$ java Test

The above program yields no sound in linux (Red Hat 7.0, 7.1) A beep does occur
in Windows98 with the same jdk version. The ibm jdk also fails to beep under
linux.
(Review ID: 124021)
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