On 14 August 2017 20:22:54 GMT+02:00, Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> 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!
Silly question, but did you check the volume settings? -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.