Package: alsa-base Version: 1.0.15-3 Severity: normal Sure, everyone else tries to get rid of their beeper speaker, but I must be old school or something.
My Dell Inspiron 1520 has: Audio devices: 0: STAC92xx Analog (DUPLEX) Mixers: 0: SigmaTel STAC9205 and uses the snd_hda_intel driver, but as soon as it is inserted, I lose the beeper speaker. Yes, pcspkr is modprobed into the kernel. I am currently using "options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m44 probe_mask=1" but I've tried this with various options (ref, etc). I have tried various kernels between 2.6.18 (debian backported) and 2.6.23. I've tried the kernel native alsa drivers, and I've also tried the alsa-source debian package (Version: 1.0.15-3), with relatively fresh sources. There is no mixer control that looks like a pc beeper speaker control, like on my old Inspiron 4000, using the maestro3 alsa driver. Similarly, no switches bring the pc speaker back. Before snd_hda_intel is inserted, the pc speaker is very loud and obviously can't be turned down because there is no mixer at this stage. It obviously comes out of the same speakers as the sound driver controls. Similarly, when resuming from a suspend, _without having rmmodded the sound drivers_, the pc beeper speaker exists in its very loud state. But as soon as I do something involving the sound card or mixer -- play a sound, reduce the volume, etc, the pc speaker immediately goes away. Obviously snd_hda_intel is turning off some mixer hardware somewhere once it receives a demand. Does these lines from /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 tell me that the pc beeper speaker is not muted, or is this something entirely different? Node 0x23 [Beep Generator Widget] wcaps 0x70000c: Mono Amp-Out Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x03, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x17, mute=0 Amp-Out vals: [0x00] amixer: Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 127 Mono: Playback 104 [82%] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 127 Mono: Front Left: Playback 84 [66%] [-32.25dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 84 [66%] [-32.25dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Capture',1 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Analog Loopback',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Digital Input Source',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Analog Inputs' 'Digital Mic 1' Item0: 'Digital Mic 1' Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0 Capabilities: cenum Items: 'Mic' Item0: 'Mic' Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1 Capabilities: cenum Items: 'Mic' Item0: 'Mic' Simple mixer control 'Mux',0 Capabilities: cvolume Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 4 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'Mux',1 Capabilities: cvolume Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 4 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] -- Package-specific info: --- Begin additional package status --- Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===================-===================-====================================================== ii libasound2 1.0.15-3 ALSA library --- End additional package status --- --- Begin /proc/asound/version --- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.15. Compiled on Jan 12 2008 for kernel 2.6.23 (SMP). --- End /proc/asound/version --- --- Begin /proc/asound/cards --- 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xfebfc000 irq 21 --- End /proc/asound/cards --- --- Begin /dev/snd/ listing --- total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 Jan 13 00:46 controlC0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Jan 13 00:46 hwC0D0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 Jan 13 00:46 pcmC0D0c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 Jan 13 00:46 pcmC0D0p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 17 Jan 13 00:46 pcmC0D1p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Jan 12 21:35 timer --- End /dev/snd/ listing --- -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages alsa-base depends on: ii linux-sound-base 1.0.15-3 base package for ALSA and OSS soun ii lsof 4.78.dfsg.1-3 List open files ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo Versions of packages alsa-base recommends: ii alsa-utils 1.0.15-1 ALSA utilities Versions of packages libasound2 depends on: ii libc6 2.7-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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