Have you got something like rc.local on that box? If yes, you could put an aplay command in that file to play a sound and have the system play that sound for you before you log in. There's a purple sound set with a login.wav sound in it I helped a friend get working on his system since he and you share the same situation. I can't help out with much, but that's a problem I got solved on this end. On Sat, 24 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 14:05:18 > 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 > > Yes, the problem is that not all mb provide a speaker for pcspkr. So, > even with the module loaded, there may be nothing for it to drive. > > This is exactly the problem I'm having with my System76 mini PC. Lovely > box in many ways, but no speaker. I can load pcspkr, but I get no sound. > > I've been kicking myself over this issue since acquiring this system > earlier this year. Never again will I make that mistake. > > Janina > > Linux for blind general discussion writes: > > 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