On 08/14/2017 01:22 PM, Alan Mackenzie 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! >
Apologies, if this is just a stupid question ... Did you purchase / install the old BIOS / Case speaker? ... yes, that 80's piece of speaker tech :) Newer motherboards and cases don't come with one. Had to spend ... $3 for a new one. (U)EFI won't go BEEP! without one. Corbin
