On 03/25/09 09:34 AM, 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, >
Ferrari? Oh, yeah: Overheats easily, cost of ownership/repairs is just as high as the automobile version. :-) When they show up at your door, just point them to the Toshiba Tecra ordering page, for a reliable laptop pre-loaded with OpenSolaris and dev tools..... :-) > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/attachments/20090325/a1909534/attachment.html>
