On 486s, yes, we use the PC speaker timer channel internally.
On Pentiums and higher, beeps should work as usual.

Michael.

Andrew Vaught ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi--
> 
>   I'm running version 3 of RTLinux and it works great.  The only minor nit
> I have is that the beep on my IBM compatible pc speaker is just a low
> buzzing sound instead of the usual 750Hz.  I've tried using the console
> escape sequences to raise the frequency of the beep, but although this
> works fine when not running RTLinux, it doesn't appear to change the
> frequency with RTLinux.  Trying the same thing with the beep duration
> works fine.
> 
>   From what I understand of how the pc speaker circuitry works, a timer is
> programmed with the frequency, and the connection to the speaker is then
> enabled and later disabled, producing a beep.  Is this timer being used
> internally by RTLinux??
> 
>   My application is a loop that gets control every 10ms for about 1-2ms.
> Anyone know how I can get the beep back?
> 
>         Andy
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