Hey all!

So if anyone who runs Mystic on Linux knows, the Page SysOp option on the
main menu is broken. Choosing it doesn't do anything. While a few folks have done what I have done, I assume, I wanted to just lay out what steps I took
for future SysOps or people trying it out, to know how you can get this
feature working. So I wrote up a blog post for my BBS blog and wanted to
share it here...

http://wp.me/p4378W-1L

TL;DR: I installed mpg123 and used the that to play an mp3 of a Star Trek SFX that I made a 30 second loop of, while having Mystic show a box to the user letting them know the Sysop has been paged.

73!
Rich, KB2MOB

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Hello Rich,

On Tue Jan 03 2017 12:37:00, Rich Lawrence wrote to All:

So if anyone who runs Mystic on Linux knows, the Page SysOp option on
the main menu is broken. Choosing it doesn't do anything. While a few folks have done what I have done, I assume, I wanted to just lay out
what steps I took for future SysOps or people trying it out, to know
how you can get this feature working. So I wrote up a blog post for my
BBS blog and wanted to share it here...

http://wp.me/p4378W-1L

TL;DR: I installed mpg123 and used the that to play an mp3 of a Star
Trek SFX that I made a 30 second loop of, while having Mystic show a
box to the user letting them know the Sysop has been paged.

Since most distributions don't have an all encompassed "default sound" it was never fully filled out with anything - leaving it to the user to choose how they wanted to do it. However the way you did it is definitely the way I would go as well. :)

Regards,
Nick

... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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On 2017 Jan 03 12:37:00, you wrote to All:

TL;DR: I installed mpg123 and used the that to play an mp3 of a Star
Trek SFX that I made a 30 second loop of, while having Mystic show a
box to the user letting them know the Sysop has been paged.

i posted a response on your blog ;)

)\/(ark

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On 01/03/17, mark lewis said the following...

i posted a response on your blog ;)

I saw it! Thanks!

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On 2017 Jan 03 22:25:00, you wrote to me:

i posted a response on your blog ;)

I saw it! Thanks!

i have something like 40+ page tunes here in "RAMUSIC" format... they're not exactly the same as what i showed in my response but i think they are close enough to be easily converted in a script... i'll see what i can do over the next days if you're interested and get the beep method working ;) ;) ;)

)\/(ark

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On 2017 Jan 03 22:25:00, you wrote to me:

i posted a response on your blog ;)

I saw it! Thanks!

i have something like 40+ page tunes here in "RAMUSIC" format... they're not exactly the same as what i showed in my response but i think they are close enough to be easily converted in a script... i'll see what i can do over the next days if you're interested and get the beep method working ;) ;) ;)

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
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On 01/04/17, mark lewis said the following...

i have something like 40+ page tunes here in "RAMUSIC" format... they're not exactly the same as what i showed in my response but i think they
are close enough to be easily converted in a script... i'll see what i
can do over the next days if you're interested and get the beep method working ;) ;) ;)

I'll give it a go!

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On 2017 Jan 04 13:16:00, you wrote to me:

i have something like 40+ page tunes here in "RAMUSIC" format...
they're not exactly the same as what i showed in my response but i
think they are close enough to be easily converted in a script...
i'll see what i can do over the next days if you're interested and
get the beep method working ;) ;) ;)

I'll give it a go!

on my ubuntu box i did the following to test with...

sudo modprobe pcspkr
sudo apt-get install beep

to keep it permanent, edit "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf" and comment out the
"blacklist pcspkr" line toward the bottom of the file... then it will be added at boot...

i have converted the page files i mentioned above... i'm going to try another conversion format, too... that and i need to see if i can locate the source for
beep2 and see if it will work... if it does, it will provide a better way of scripting than what i'm currently using with beep... but it works! close encounters, sweet child o mine, blueberry hill... i wrote a script to convert the whole lot otherwise it would have been much too tedious...

)\/(ark

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