Gnome system bell: soundfile instead of pc speaker?

[Markus Schönhaber]

Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 01:03 +0200, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> > Is it possible to tell Gnome to play a soundfile instead of beeping the
> > pc speaker as system bell? If so, how?
>
> System --> Preferences --> Sounds
> setup your own sounds, then go to system beep tab and uncheck it.

Please tell me which of those sounds will be played when I do (for example)
echo -e '\a'
in the shell.

Regards
  mks