I did the following. But no sound. Not even when the tab key is pressed on the console. kernel 2.6.22 was already installed on my laptop when I upgraded to lenny.
# Compile alsa-modules # (i.e kernel 2.6.22 + alsa-module 1.0.15) apt-get remove 'alsa-modules-*' apt-get install module-assistant alsa-source module-assistant prepare module-assistant update module-assistant a-i alsa-source Regards, Jos Collin On Jan 24, 2008 10:51 PM, Jos Collin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, the following is the mail that I wrote to many linux groups. But not > able to find a solution. An update to this problem is today I found that I > don't need Alsa or esd to simulate this problem. I removed both but the > sound is coming somehow when the tab key is pressed on a terminal. Now I > don't know the reason why It is coming :-) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Hi, > > I brought a Thinkpad T61 recently and installed Debian on it. I'm able > to play audio files using mplayer/ xmms. But the sound is coming only > if I do the following things on the terminal > > 1. Hold the tab key when the autocomplete cannot find a matching file > name. > 2. Hold the backspace key > 3. Hold the right, left or down arrow keys. > > While mplayer is playing the audio file, I have to do something on the > terminal which produces the beep sound, to get the audio output. But > the beep sound is not coming at all. > > If anybody experienced this problem, please help me. So that I can > move away from my laptop while hearing music :-) > > Thanks, > Jos Collin
