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Irssi – making it beep when your nick is mentioned
Irssi by default will highlight your nickname, but that actually requires you to be looking at the screen. I wanted to make irssi beep when someone mentioned my nick, so that I didn't have to actively monitor the tab in konsole. Here's how to do it.
/set bell_beeps ON
/set beep_msg_level MSGS NOTICES DCC DCCMSGS HILIGHT
January 16th, 2006 - 08:42
The correct syntax is
/set bell_beeps = ON
October 6th, 2006 - 17:12
Actually, in my irssi client, the syntax mentioned in the original post is correct. Yours gives an error.
January 2nd, 2007 - 16:06
it depends if your write it directly in irssi or in the config
June 16th, 2007 - 08:09
Just what I needed, thanks
April 3rd, 2008 - 00:36
Thanks! Much appreciated!
June 30th, 2008 - 10:43
I dont get it working :S My window flashes, but there is no sound.
July 30th, 2008 - 08:52
I think it is beacuse your terminal app. You probably need to turn sounds on at your terminal preferences.
August 12th, 2008 - 07:10
that sounds like you have your SSH client/terminal program set to Visual Beep. Check your settings. If you’re behind screen you’ll want to configure that too.
August 31st, 2008 - 13:21
Nice! Thanks a lot for this.
For the people using irssi from a screen, press CTRL+A CTRL+G the enable beeping.
September 10th, 2008 - 22:19
Works like a charm. My irssi session now has 100% more cowbell. Thanks!
January 6th, 2009 - 13:39
Thanks all! This post+comments was all I that I needed to know
June 12th, 2009 - 13:16
Is it possible to make it work on a tty? I run irssi on a tty terminal because I want to read IRC messages while playing a game, and I need some message notification…
August 7th, 2009 - 03:57
If all else fails, try a `modprobe pcspkr`
February 6th, 2010 - 17:35
You also will want to add “/hilight -mask yournick”
February 28th, 2010 - 03:06
If you set bell_beeps on, that does not make it beep when someone highlights you.
It actually does something far worse. It makes the beep control code send a beep to your terminal.
February 28th, 2010 - 10:20
How is that worse? That’s what I wanted personally – it’s (AFAIK) the only way a console app can make a sound!
April 13th, 2011 - 12:27
If it isn’t beeping check that your screen session (if you’re using one), terminal and desktop sound settings are configured correctly.
screen “Ctrl-A :vbell off”
gnome-terminal Edit > Profile Preferences. Check the Terminal Bell box.
gnome alert sounds Preferences > Sound will allow you to set the sound and volume for alerts. For debugging you can send a beep manually using echo -e “\a”. Hey pookey, Termisoc says hi.
September 3rd, 2012 - 19:41
Works like a charm! Thank you very much!
It’s a little sad that IRSSI doesn’t have a complete help section, some help sections for some cmds aren’t there, so really glad there’s guys out here on the interwebz that can help! =)