I think my mistake was having ac97 built into the kernel; could be ac97 doesn't like that housing. I'll try rebuilding that as a module and see if I get further. The linux kernel configuration is so complex it's not easy to know which things need to be in the kernel as built-ins and which need to be modules. On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:22:10 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: building kernel for ac97 sound card > > The sound card drivers are modules, so just build the module if need be. > Ac97 sounds pretty standard to me though, so I think it should be part of the > standard setup already. > The pc speaker is something else though. > There is a module called pcspkr which allow the use of that. > All pc's does not have a speaker though. > Maybe I am missing something in your message? > Regards, Willem > > > > > On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > 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 > > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list