Comment 7 for bug 1108348

tyhicks points out the following handy alias that may be easier to use than my keyboard ^V^G trick:

alias bell="echo -ne '\a'"

To test your unity, start an environment with two or more workspaces, two or more terminals.

In one of them, run "sleep 2 ; bell" and then wait. Notice what happens as you move around workspaces or focus different terminals before each test: You won't know which workspace triggered this, you won't know which terminal triggered this. But the little icon in the launcher will jiggle, so at least you'll know which class of applications caused it.

Thanks