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From: notbob on 13 Sep 2009 11:00
On 2009-09-13, Dan C <youmustbejoking(a)lan.invalid> wrote:

> Many (most?) new computers do not have the little speaker any more.
> Quite irritating to me. The console beep is a "must have" for me. There
> are ways around it, but it just doesn't sound the same. Bastards.

I noticed that with the used computer I jes acquired. Not hearing the
POST beep freaks me out.

nb


From: emmel on 13 Sep 2009 16:53
Thus Dan C spoke:

> On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:17:28 -0400, Michael Black wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 13 Sep 2009, Dario Niedermann wrote:
>>
>>> I modprobe'd pcspkr and raised the "PC Speaker" volume with alsamixer,
>>> but I still can't get the classic "bell" from the console or from
>>> xterm.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what else is needed?
>>>
>>> TIA...
>>>
>> A speaker?
>>
>> I can't help but wonder if they bother with the speaker in recent
>> computers, given an expectation that most people will have external
>> speakers.
>
> Many (most?) new computers do not have the little speaker any more.
> Quite irritating to me. The console beep is a "must have" for me. There
> are ways around it, but it just doesn't sound the same. Bastards.

I don't know. I've actually gone so far and switched off the beeping. I
use tab far too often and it gets on other people's nerves. Try doing
that in a library and you'll know what I mean. Usually I know what's
going on without the additional beeping. Which, in fact, has to be
compiled into the kernel. There are very few cases where the speaker
control of the sound card actually does anything.
From: bc20 on 14 Sep 2009 02:04
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:00:36 +0000, notbob wrote:

> On 2009-09-13, Dan C <youmustbejoking(a)lan.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Many (most?) new computers do not have the little speaker any more.
>> Quite irritating to me. The console beep is a "must have" for me.
>> There are ways around it, but it just doesn't sound the same.
>> Bastards.
>
> I noticed that with the used computer I jes acquired. Not hearing the
> POST beep freaks me out.

Its been quite a while since I've done a build as I've moved on almost
completely to laptops. Do most of the newest motherboards still have the
PC speaker jumper? Do most cases still have a PC speaker?

I agree. The post-POST "beep" is always re-assuring.

From: Mikhail Zotov on 14 Sep 2009 02:14
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:43:45 +0200
Dario Niedermann <7252d9cf(a)example.invalid> wrote:

> I modprobe'd pcspkr and raised the "PC Speaker" volume with alsamixer,
> but I still can't get the classic "bell" from the console or from xterm.
>
> Anyone know what else is needed?

Try

# /sbin/modprobe pcspkr

or delete a hash before this line in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.

You may also want to use

# set bell-style audible

(man bash)

Regards,
Mikhail

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