[fpc-pascal] sysutils.beep doesn't beep under Linux?

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:
> Possible alternatives:
> Maybe under Linux the system.beep() can make a sound if stdout is
> available, otherwise write the word "beep" to the console (like the old
> silent movies did on screen), or flash the Scroll Lock keyboard light. :-)

Sure. How to detect this? What stdout exactly points to, if I can toggle
scroll lock etc?

If you are really good at this kind of stuff, please have a look at the
video, keyboard and mouse unit. They can also use sb who is good at this
kind of stuff. (which is hell under *nix)