[gentoo-user] no beep in console

[gentoo-user] no beep in console

[Peter Wood]

Hi list,
I have been trying to get the console beep working on 2 laptops (one 
with a SIS and one with an Intel sound card). pcspkr is compiled as a 
kernel module on both laptops and shows as loaded in lspci, but I don't 
get any beeps either in the text console nor in X. Both laptops used to 
run Debian and issued beeps in console mode on double tab in bash, etc. 
I did modify any files to disable beeps, and yes I have unmuted all 
sound controls. Also tried unloading alsa, but this did not resolve the 
issue either. Does anyone know how I can get this working again?
Thanks,
Peter
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Re: [gentoo-user] no beep in console

[Josh Cepek]

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Peter Wood wrote:
> Hi list,
> I have been trying to get the console beep working on 2 laptops (one 
> with a SIS and one with an Intel sound card). pcspkr is compiled as a 
> kernel module on both laptops and shows as loaded in lspci
Presumably you mean lsmod.  lspci shows you PCI devices (which the PC 
speaker usually won't show up as) while lsmod shows you loaded kernel 
modules.  Running `lsmod | grep pcspkr` should show if the module is 
loaded, which is what I suspect you have already verified.  udev system 
may load the pcspkr module automatically (if it's not user-blacklisted) 
or it could be loaded automatically through system configuration.

> , but I don't get any beeps either in the text console nor in X. Both 
> laptops used to run Debian and issued beeps in console mode on double 
> tab in bash, etc. I did modify any files to disable beeps, and yes I 
> have unmuted all sound controls. Also tried unloading alsa, but this 
> did not resolve the issue either. Does anyone know how I can get this 
> working again?
> Thanks,
> Peter

You can try installing the app-misc/beep program which sends a beep to 
your PC speaker when you call the application `beep` (read the manpage 
for all sorts of fun you can have with the pitch and length of the beep 
- I've even sent strings of Morse Code with it.)  This should tell you 
if the problem is a console setting or an issue with the kernel module 
or the hardware.  I'll also note that different X consoles handle the 
beep differently.  For example, the Xfce terminal (simply called 
"Terminal") won't issue a beep when I backspace at a prompt while 
"xterm" will.  All of my tty consoles will beep with the pcspkr module 
loaded, and I'm running the Gentoo standard agetty with a linux terminal 
emulation type for reference.

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Re: [gentoo-user] no beep in console

[Jan Seeger]

At Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:06:48 -0400,
Peter Wood wrote:
> 
> Hi list,
> I have been trying to get the console beep working on 2 laptops (one 
> with a SIS and one with an Intel sound card). pcspkr is compiled as a 
> kernel module on both laptops and shows as loaded in lspci, but I don't 
> get any beeps either in the text console nor in X.

I have had exactly the same problem, albeit only with an intel hda
codec. The interesting thing is that the beep works only when the
sound is deactivated (power saving mode on hda chip), so I think it
has something to do with the hardware.

> Both laptops used to run Debian and issued beeps in console mode on
> double tab in bash, etc. I did modify any files to disable beeps,
> and yes I have unmuted all sound controls. 

Now that doesn't fit my theory. But hope this helps anyway.
Regards, 
Jan


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Re: [gentoo-user] no beep in console

[Peter Wood]

Jan Seeger wrote:
>> I have had exactly the same problem, albeit only with an intel hda
>> codec. The interesting thing is that the beep works only when the
>> sound is deactivated (power saving mode on hda chip), so I think it
>> has something to do with the hardware.
>>     
In case others experience a similar problem:
I got it working modifying the options line in /etc/modules.d/alsa. It 
now reads:
options snd-hda-intel model=auto power_save=1 power_save_controller=on.
Best,
Peter
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