Hi Will, As far as I can recollect, it seemed that Toshiba R500 does not have a beep widget in its audio hardware. So you can try to modify /kernel/drv/audiohd.conf to set audiohd_beep=0, and then power cycle your machine (do no use fast reboot).
If that does not get your beep back, please let us know. Hope it helps. Regards, Aaron On 08/19/09 21:39, Willie Walker wrote: > 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 > -- You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright.
