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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No beep.
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:20:44
Message-Id: 20170816172020.GB3417@ACM
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] No beep. by "J. Roeleveld"
1 Hello, Joost.
2
3 On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 06:38:31 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote:
4 > On 14 August 2017 20:22:54 GMT+02:00, Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote:
5 > >Hello, Gentoo.
6
7 > >I've almost got my new(ish) machine up and running. In particular,
8 > >I've
9 > >got an email server (s/qmail) running on it, the most difficult part of
10 > >bringing up a new box.
11
12 > >However, during the building, I discovered to my disgust that there was
13 > >no loudspeaker in my new case. So, none of the helpful booting beeps
14 > >that the motherboard uses to tell us that something's wrong. Still, I
15 > >got past that stage.
16
17 > >But just typing into a virtual tty, sometimes the system (should) beep.
18 > >It doesn't. It should.
19
20 > >It should, because I compiled the kernel with CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP
21 > >and CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP_MODE set to 1.
22
23 > >My loudspeakers are working, as shown by running speaker-test. I'm
24 > >using the kernel I think I am, verified by checking those two config
25 > >settings in /proc/config.gz.
26
27 > >Would somebody please suggest to me where I am going wrong, here?
28
29 > >Thanks!
30
31 > Silly question, but did you check the volume settings?
32
33 Not as such, but with speaker-test, the pink noise came through perfectly
34 audibly. I don't think there's anything specifically to adjust the beep
35 volume.
36
37 > --
38 > Joost
39 > --
40 > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
41
42 --
43 Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).