this might help http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/how-to-use-your-linux-machine-as-an-alarm/ i think that a sound file with the xmms? good luck On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 17:38 -0500, Josh Sled wrote: > Alvin ONeal <[email protected]> writes: > > I hate being woken up by a loud buzzing alarm clock, or sleeping through > > the radio. I've been looking into progressive alarm clocks and I'm > > wondering if any of you know of some software that might > > do the same sort of thing - turn on the screen and sound/song at a certain > > time and slowly go to a white screen at 100% brightness and loudness? > > crontab entries to start playing something (perhaps in a loop), then > every N minutes after that to issue `amixer` commands to raise the > volume incrementally? > > Don't know about screen brightness control, but certainly there's > probably something to take over X with a % shade-of-gray. > -- warmest regards,
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