+Index: beep-1.2.2/beep.c
+===================================================================
+--- beep-1.2.2.orig/beep.c
++++ beep-1.2.2/beep.c
+@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <linux/kd.h>
++#include <linux/input.h>
+
+ /* I don't know where this number comes from, I admit that freely. A
+ wonderful human named Raine M. Ekman used it in a program that played
+@@ -87,18 +88,48 @@ typedef struct beep_parms_t {
+ struct beep_parms_t *next; /* in case -n/--new is used. */
+ } beep_parms_t;
+
++enum { BEEP_TYPE_CONSOLE, BEEP_TYPE_EVDEV };
++
+ /* Momma taught me never to use globals, but we need something the signal
+ handlers can get at.*/
+ int console_fd = -1;
++int console_type = BEEP_TYPE_CONSOLE;
++char *console_device = NULL;
++
++
++void do_beep(int freq) {
++ if (console_type == BEEP_TYPE_CONSOLE) {
++ if(ioctl(console_fd, KIOCSOUND, freq != 0
++ ? (int)(CLOCK_TICK_RATE/freq)
++ : freq) < 0) {
++ printf("\a"); /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back on usefulness */
++ perror("ioctl");
++ }
++ } else {
++ /* BEEP_TYPE_EVDEV */
++ struct input_event e;
++
++ e.type = EV_SND;
++ e.code = SND_TONE;
++ e.value = freq;
++
++ write(console_fd, &e, sizeof(struct input_event));
++ }
++}
++
+
+ /* If we get interrupted, it would be nice to not leave the speaker beeping in
+ perpetuity. */
+ void handle_signal(int signum) {
++
++ if(console_device)
++ free(console_device);
++
+ switch(signum) {
+ case SIGINT:
+ if(console_fd >= 0) {
+ /* Kill the sound, quit gracefully */
+- ioctl(console_fd, KIOCSOUND, 0);
++ do_beep(0);
+ close(console_fd);
+ exit(signum);
+ } else {
+@@ -111,7 +142,7 @@ void handle_signal(int signum) {
+ /* print usage and exit */
+ void usage_bail(const char *executable_name) {
+ printf("Usage:\n%s [-f freq] [-l length] [-r reps] [-d delay] "
+- "[-D delay] [-s] [-c] [--verbose | --debug]\n",
++ "[-D delay] [-s] [-c] [--verbose | --debug] [-e device]\n",
+ executable_name);
+ printf("%s [Options...] [-n] [--new] [Options...] ... \n", executable_name);
+ printf("%s [-h] [--help]\n", executable_name);
+@@ -143,13 +174,14 @@ void usage_bail(const char *executable_n
+ void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv, beep_parms_t *result) {
+ int c;
+
+- struct option opt_list[6] = {{"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
++ struct option opt_list[7] = {{"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
+ {"version", 0, NULL, 'V'},
+ {"new", 0, NULL, 'n'},
+ {"verbose", 0, NULL, 'X'},
+ {"debug", 0, NULL, 'X'},
++ {"device", 1, NULL, 'e'},
+ {0,0,0,0}};
+- while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "f:l:r:d:D:schvVn", opt_list, NULL))
++ while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "f:l:r:d:D:schvVne:", opt_list, NULL))
+ != EOF) {
+ int argval = -1; /* handle parsed numbers for various arguments */
+ float argfreq = -1;
+@@ -220,6 +252,9 @@ void parse_command_line(int argc, char *
+ case 'X' : /* --debug / --verbose */
+ result->verbose = 1;
+ break;
++ case 'e' : /* also --device */
++ console_device = strdup(optarg);
++ break;
+ case 'h' : /* notice that this is also --help */
+ default :
+ usage_bail(argv[0]);
+@@ -238,24 +273,31 @@ void play_beep(beep_parms_t parms) {
+ parms.reps, parms.length, parms.delay, parms.end_delay, parms.freq);
+
+ /* try to snag the console */
+- if((console_fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
+- if((console_fd = open("/dev/vc/0", O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
+- fprintf(stderr, "Could not open /dev/tty0 or /dev/vc/0 for writing.\n");
+- printf("\a"); /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back on usefulness */
+- perror("open");
+- exit(1);
+- }
++ if(console_device)
++ console_fd = open(console_device, O_WRONLY);
++ else
++ if((console_fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY)) == -1)
++ console_fd = open("/dev/vc/0", O_WRONLY);
++
++ if(console_fd == -1) {
++ fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s for writing\n",
++ console_device != NULL ? console_device : "/dev/tty0 or /dev/vc/0");
++ printf("\a"); /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back on usefulness */
++ perror("open");
++ exit(1);
+ }
++
++ if (ioctl(console_fd, EVIOCGSND(0)) != -1)
++ console_type = BEEP_TYPE_EVDEV;
++ else
++ console_type = BEEP_TYPE_CONSOLE;
+
+ /* Beep */
+ for (i = 0; i < parms.reps; i++) { /* start beep */
+- if(ioctl(console_fd, KIOCSOUND, (int)(CLOCK_TICK_RATE/parms.freq)) < 0) {
+- printf("\a"); /* Output the only beep we can, in an effort to fall back on usefulness */
+- perror("ioctl");
+- }
++ do_beep(parms.freq);
+ /* Look ma, I'm not ansi C compatible! */
+ usleep(1000*parms.length); /* wait... */
+- ioctl(console_fd, KIOCSOUND, 0); /* stop beep */
++ do_beep(0); /* stop beep */
+ if(parms.end_delay || (i+1 < parms.reps))
+ usleep(1000*parms.delay); /* wait... */
+ } /* repeat. */
+@@ -318,5 +360,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ parms = next;
+ }
+
++ if(console_device)
++ free(console_device);
++
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ }