Re: pcspkr loaded, but no bell

[Ralph Corderoy <ralph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ralf,

> [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ beep -l300 -f750 --verbose --debug
> beep: Verbose: evdev: driver_detect 0x562c898210c0 (nil)
> beep: Verbose: lib: could not open(2) /dev/input/by-path/platform-pcspkr-event-spkr: Permission denied

As an aside, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PC_speaker#Installation
says how to fix this.

> [root@archlinux rocketmouse]# beep -l300 -f750 --verbose --debug
> beep: Verbose: evdev: driver_detect 0x5629ee7cd0c0 (nil)
> beep: Verbose: lib: opened /dev/input/by-path/platform-pcspkr-event-spkr as fd=3
> beep: Verbose: main: using evdev driver (fd=3, dev=/dev/input/by-path/platform-pcspkr-event-spkr)
> beep: Verbose: main: 1 times 300 ms beeps (100 ms delay between, 0 ms delay after) @ 750 Hz
> beep: Verbose: evdev: driver_begin_tone 0x5629ee7cd0c0 750
> beep: Verbose: evdev: driver_end_tone 0x5629ee7cd0c0
> beep: Verbose: evdev: driver_end_tone 0x5629ee7cd0c0
> beep: Verbose: evdev: driver_fini 0x5629ee7cd0c0

Is your sound system, e.g. ALSA, muting the speaker?  See the above wiki
link.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.