On my ancient laptop bought in early 2013, I still get a beep from the speakers and headphone jack when pressing backspace at the console. Looking at the list of loaded sound modules, it isn't immediately obvious which one of them is responsible for that. No, there is no snd-beep module, and the pcspkr module isn't loaded. I can post a list of the loaded sound modules if that would help. There is a Beep sound control, which needs to be unmuted, and have its sound level adjusted for the beep to be heard. For reference, my desktop built in June 2019 has a PC speaker attached to the motherboard header, and I do get a beep out of that speaker for which the pcspkr module is responsible. It may also be worth pointing out that one will not always get a beep when pressing backspace on an empty line in the console, if in a screen(1) session for example. Good luck with your move Janina. Greg On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 02:07:07PM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote: > Hey Janina, > > as Joseph suggested I would first check that the kernel driver pcspkr is > compiled as a module. > > The answer is yes if this command gives an output: > lsmod|grep pcspkr > > You coule also check the output of: > zgrep INPUT_PCSPKR /proc/config.gz > Here it gives: > CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=m > > If this module is provided, check that you have in /etc/inputrc: > > set bell-style audible (the argument should not be "visible" or "none") > > If this module is not provided you need to rebuild your kernel or use one that > provides it. > > If you have this module but not the needed hardware you could use this software: > https://github.com/Hawk777/abeep > > It is available for Arch in the AUR: > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/abeep-git > > I built it in Slint, it works and relies on the libasound.so shared library from > alsa > > But what I don't know is how to tell bash to replace the call to pcspkr by > /usr/bin/bell and "man readline" did not give me a clue :( > > there is also a beep software: > https://github.com/spkr-beep/beep also available on Arch: > https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/beep/ > > It works here (TM) but also needs a the pcspkr module and the hardware. > > Cheers > > -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx
