Hi All: Just to follow up on this. I'm not hearing the beep on my Toshiba Portege R500 as of b118. :-( Sang - do you have a pointer to the bug you filed?
Will lipeng sang wrote: > Hi, Garrett/Minskey/Aaron > > Thank you for your earnest help! You are absolutely right! > > I just know that removing audio driver will maybe disable the beep. > But I don't consider that removing audio driver can enable the beep ;) > > The beep works well after I removed the audiohd driver under opensolaris! > > So as Minskey said, > "You can rem_drv audiohd and see if beep can work or not for > opensolaris. If beep is connected to audio device and as an > input (recording source), the audio driver could disable/mute > some widget which is on the path of beep." > > I will file a bug and fix it. :) > > --Sang Lipeng > > > > Garrett D'Amore ??: >> Aaron Zang wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> 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. >> >> Boomer introduces support for this for some AC'97 devices. We don't >> have it for audiohd though. (This could be added in the audiohd driver >> ... the framework needs no change to support it.) >> >> -- Garrett >>> >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
