Hello, Corbin. On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 21:06:56 -0500, Corbin Bird wrote: > 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 :) Not as such. I expected the speaker to be part of the case, as it always has been in the past. > 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. You can buy PC case loudspeakers? I'll need to search one out. Ideal would be one which screwed into a disk drive mounting (of which I have rather a lot spare). > Corbin -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
