Hello, Joost. On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 06:38:31 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 14 August 2017 20:22:54 GMT+02:00, Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> wrote: > >Hello, Gentoo.
> >I've almost got my new(ish) machine up and running. In particular, > >I've > >got an email server (s/qmail) running on it, the most difficult part of > >bringing up a new box. > >However, during the building, I discovered to my disgust that there was > >no loudspeaker in my new case. So, none of the helpful booting beeps > >that the motherboard uses to tell us that something's wrong. Still, I > >got past that stage. > >But just typing into a virtual tty, sometimes the system (should) beep. > >It doesn't. It should. > >It should, because I compiled the kernel with CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP > >and CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP_MODE set to 1. > >My loudspeakers are working, as shown by running speaker-test. I'm > >using the kernel I think I am, verified by checking those two config > >settings in /proc/config.gz. > >Would somebody please suggest to me where I am going wrong, here? > >Thanks! > Silly question, but did you check the volume settings? Not as such, but with speaker-test, the pink noise came through perfectly audibly. I don't think there's anything specifically to adjust the beep volume. > -- > Joost > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
