lipeng sang - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China wrote: > > I tested this problem with Dell D630 and TOSHIBA M9 these days, > and found that it works well in Solaris and it doesn't work in Opensolaris. > Also, .wav file can be played in both Solaris and Opensolaris. > > If audio driver has problem, why it works well in solaris and not > Opensolaris under the same machine ? >
The beeper might be disabled somewhere other than audiohd driver in Opensolaris if it truly is the case. > Furthermore, I removed the audiohd driver from the Solaris, > the .wav file can't be played, but beep works well. The beeper does not rely on the driver to beep, the driver may have it muted/unmuted though. > > So I think it has no related to audiohd driver. Our audio framework seems lack of a interface to enable/disable the beeper which is wired to audio devices. The beeper should be enabled by the driver by default, and can be disabled via the interface. > > But to detail reason why it's different between Solaris and Opensolaris, > I don't know yet. > I'm not clear the difference between them, is Opensolaris short of some > package ? > > > --Sang Lipeng > > > > Willie Walker ??: >> Thanks Minksey! >> >> I booted the live CD of Ubuntu and didn't notice a beep anywhere under >> the /proc/asound hierarchy. Ubuntu has the same missing beep problem >> as OpenSolaris, though, so perhaps this is why. >> >> In any case, I'm psyched to see some progress being made here and hope >> this can be resolved for 2009.06. Many thanks everyone. >> >> Will >> >> minskey guo wrote: >>> Many HD codec has both analog beep and digital beep. IHVs >>> may provide a method to enable one of them. I remember that >>> R500 uses Realtek's Codec. If yes, the codec has a beep widget >>> which is logically on the same wire as external analog beep(If the pin >>> of codec is connected to an external beep). >>> >>> there is a HD verb to disable internal digital beep, so that analog >>> beep works, or vice versa. But for you case, seems that there is no >>> extral analog beep. (BTW, You menioned ubuntu, you can check if >>> there is a beep under like this: /proc/asound/cardx/codecx/beep) >>> >>> If the audiohd driver is required to enable digital beep. Then, there >>> is an problem to be solved here: Probably, the routine beep_on() >>> and beep_off() need to check if audio driver exports a beep interface, >>> and use it to make a sound. >>> >>> -minskey >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Willie Walker ??: >>>> Hi Alan: >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, at the point at where I want the system to beep, the >>>> X Server has not yet been started. It's at the character-cell >>>> console language and keyboard layout prompts you get when you first >>>> boot the live CD. >>>> >>>> In any case, it sounds like Yangrong Zhou might on the trail for >>>> this problem. If that's the case, it would be really awesome and >>>> also help me avoid any regret for the $$$'s spent on the R500. >>>> >>>> I might also try to spin up a new custom live CD to see if the >>>> /usr/bin/audioplay and /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav files are >>>> available and working (and /usr/bin/espeak for that matter). If >>>> that's the case, then I might be able to come up with a richer >>>> solution than the beep-based one I put in place for 2008.11. >>>> >>>> Will >>>> >>>> Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>>>> What build are you trying on? One of the new "features" in Xorg 1.5 >>>>> (b107 and later) is that when X beeps, it now uses both /dev/audio & >>>>> /dev/kbd, to make sure you really hear it. (We probably need to add >>>>> some configuration options to allow you to disable one or the other >>>>> before the remaining Ferrari 4000 users form a lynch mob at my door, >>>>> but I haven't gotten to that yet.) >>>>> >>>>> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com >>>>> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Willie Walker wrote: >>>>>> Hi All: >>>>>> >>>>>> As part of the OpenSolaris accessible live CD and install work, we >>>>>> play audible prompts (beeps) at the keyboard layout and language >>>>>> selection screens presented during the boot of the live CD. These >>>>>> prompts allow blind people to determine that they are being asked >>>>>> for input. When coupled with separate written documentation, the >>>>>> user can then work their way through the boot and install the >>>>>> system without sighted assistance. >>>>>> >>>>>> On *some* machines, notably this nice little Toshiba Portege R500 >>>>>> laptop in my lap, the console beep doesn't seem to work. As a >>>>>> means for testing this, I do an "svcadm disable gdm", login, and >>>>>> then type "/usr/bin/printf '\a'". I know the beep *can* work -- if >>>>>> I press/hold the Escape key while powering the machine on, I get a >>>>>> nice loud beep. >>>>>> >>>>>> Aside from being able to set the volume level of the beep (which I >>>>>> have set to the loudest setting), I cannot see anything in the >>>>>> BIOS that lets me enable/disable the system bell. I've also tried >>>>>> mucking with /etc/kbd/default to no avail. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not sure if this is a hardware issue or a driver issue, and >>>>>> I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas. >>>>>> >>>>>> Will >>>>>> >>>>>> PS - my next step is to boot a live CD from a different >>>>>> distribution (e.g., Ubuntu) to see if it exhibits the same problem. >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> laptop-discuss mailing list >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
