On 9/15/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Is the sound card on his system build into the motherboard? If so, > >> try enable the pc speaker setting in your mixer of choice, and make > >> sure it isn't muted. Some systems with built-in sound route the > >> speaker output through the sound card. (I have one - every thing > >> except the POST beeps goes through the sound card. > > > > Hmmm, are you saying that on some hardware, the PC speaker is a real > > transducer but is coupled to the sound processor in some way? I know > > that this box has a real transducer, and that it is capable of > > beeping. > > > What I believe happens is that the transducer is the PC speaker > during POST, but the signal gets re-routed by the BIOS to an input > on the sound system. Not completely - BIOS warning beeps because of > overtemp, if you have them, still use the transducer. But sounds > generated by software that should go to the PC speaker go through > the sound system instead. Have you tried adding the following line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local ? /sbin/modprobe pcspkr Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
