Re: [gentoo-user] No motherboard beep since kernel upgrade

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am 23.03.2014 00:45, schrieb null_ptr:
> On 22/03/14 23:40, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>> Am 22.03.2014 02:08, schrieb null_ptr:
>>> On 21/03/14 14:41, Lee wrote:
>>>> I can't think of the name of the module, pcspkr IIRC or some such,
>>>> but it
>>>> prolly isn't loaded. Modprobe can tell you if it's available & load
>>>> it.
>>>> On Mar 21, 2014 12:41 PM, "Dat G" <rhannek@gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 21/03/14 19:54, Francesco Turco wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014, at 18:51, null_ptr wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Module for my sound card is running and SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP is
>>>>>>> activated
>>>>>>> in kernel config. Am I missing something else?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps you need CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I tried building with that and it didn't fix it.
>>>
>>> "modprobe pcspkr" doesn't change anything. It is still silent. I also
>>> tried
>>> building it in the kernel.
>>>
>>> On the other hand from what I understand the snd_hda_intel should be
>>> doing the beeps when the mainboard does not have a physical speaker on
>>> the mainboard and instead beeps through the regular sound device. At
>>> least on 3.10.25 I had not build the pcspkr module and the system
>>> beeped
>>> happily.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Now, are we talking about the motherboard beeping through a little
>> builtin speaker that does not work
>> or
>> Are we talking about your onboard sound not beeping in your
>> headphones/your attached speakers when there is a motherboard 'beep'?
>>
>> Either way, I don't see any problem at all. A non-beeping computer is a
>> correctly working one.
>
> I'm talking about the onboard sound not beeping in the attached
> headphones/speakers when there is a motherboard 'beep'. The problem is
> that I used that for some events as a status (e.g. battery running low)
> and I like the annoying nature of the beep for these events.
>
>

so it is not a 'speaker' problem but a sound card problem. You should
have stated that from the beginning.

Probably something muted that should not be muted.