Hello, On Sun, 23 Mar 2014, null_ptr wrote: >On 22/03/14 23:40, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>Am 22.03.2014 02:08, schrieb null_ptr: >>>"modprobe pcspkr" doesn't change anything. It is still silent. I also >>>tried >>>building it in the kernel. >>> >>>On the other hand from what I understand the snd_hda_intel should be >>>doing the beeps when the mainboard does not have a physical speaker on >>>the mainboard and instead beeps through the regular sound device. At >>>least on 3.10.25 I had not build the pcspkr module and the system beeped >>>happily. >> >>Now, are we talking about the motherboard beeping through a little >>builtin speaker that does not work >>or >>Are we talking about your onboard sound not beeping in your >>headphones/your attached speakers when there is a motherboard 'beep'? [..] >I'm talking about the onboard sound not beeping in the attached >headphones/speakers when there is a motherboard 'beep'. The problem is >that I used that for some events as a status (e.g. battery running low) >and I like the annoying nature of the beep for these events.
Wait. What now? You have (at least) two sound-devices that can beep: a) the beeper on your motherboard in this case, use what I wrote, i.e. pcsp=enable=1 in your kernel commandline and make sure modprobe pcspkr works. The module is not needed in the initrd. b) the onboard-sound-chip via attached speakers/headphones in this case, disable the mobo-beeper (might be default) blacklist pcspkr explicitly, possibly along with with the kernel-parameter pcsp=enable=0 and your normal alsa-driver should take over the task of "beeping" (snd-pcsp is a different beast). If it does not, your alsa-driver might be buggy as it should take over the beeping. HTH, -dnh, I wanted case a), beeping completely independent from any other audio stuff. And with the program 'beep' (http://www.johnath.com/beep) and/or the snd-pcsp driver, you can use the beeper to do more than the standard beep. -- There is a green, multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder.