On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 06:17:28PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:

> Well, why is this useful?

It's the same use as option BLINK (that makes sparcs blink their power LED,
you know the machine is down if it does not blink [anymore], for realy old
sparcs that don't have power controlled by software).

> 1) The sysbeep function takes an argument, specifying how long is the tone,
>    but it seems not to take effect.

I bet it works if you do not try it when the system is realy already
down (i.e. does not generate clock ticks, ...)

Martin