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From: Peter Ruskin <Peter.Ruskin@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PC Speaker issue
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:34:47
Message-Id: 200508191029.54389.Peter.Ruskin@dsl.pipex.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] PC Speaker issue by Jason Castonguay
1 On Friday 19 August 2005 09:39, Jason Castonguay wrote:
2 > I am very excited -- Gentoo is cleanly installed and I have
3 > successfully booted. I have one small problem, however.
4 >
5 > My PC Speaker doesn't appear to be working. I don't get a "bell"
6 > when doing `echo -e \\a'. I also use brltty -- a program which
7 > sends text on the console to a refreshable braille display. It
8 > uses the PC speaker to make sounds to let the user know what is
9 > being turned on/off or to indicate a certain operation is taking
10 > place. I am not getting any of those sounds either.
11 >
12 > Could this have something to do with the terminal settings (just
13 > a thought)? Any and all comments/suggestions will be
14 > appreciated.
15
16 Rebuild your kernel. Under "Input Device Drivers", you want
17 CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=y
18
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20 Peter
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22 Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.51.22-r2. kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6.
23 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+. gcc(GCC): 3.3.5-20050130.
24 KDE: 3.4.2. Qt: 3.3.4.
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