I'm going to have to reconfigure to get the sound card working. If I hadn't got pcspeaker working I'd never have known if I had anything working on the machine. On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:17:54 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: building kernel for ac97 sound card > > Hello, > > To check if the the pcspkr driver is included in your running kernel, type: > zgrep -i pcspkr /proc/config.gz > > Output here (Slint64-14.2.1.2): > CONFIG_HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM=y > CONFIG_PCSPKR_PLATFORM=y > CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=m > > If instead the last line is; > CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=n > > you will need another kernel or reconfigure it. > PCSPKR is under drivers/input/mis in the kernel tree > > Else you just need to type as root: > modprobe pcspkr > lo load the module. > > This issue is not related to your sound card and ac97, as the beep > comes from the internal speaker attached to the mother board, not > from a sound card. > > Didier Spaier > Slint maintainer > > > Le 23/10/2020 ? 15:15, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit : > > I have an ac97 sound card and a c-media usb sound card on a system. I > > have only had success activating the pcspeaker when building a kernel for > > gentoo. I have no clue as to what to enable to get this done. This is > > even after having gone through lspci output and lsmod output with the > > install-minimal dvd running the operating system The speaker-test utility > > puts out sound in the chroot environment and is silent after first boot > > into the new environment made by the compiled kernel. > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list