PC Beep not working.

Quardah · 2016-12-06 00:15:13

Hi,

I am having problem understanding why my PC speaker (beep) is not working. I can recall it working on this laptop at installation, but now i just realized it's not working anymore.

I have both alsa and pulse installed. In alsamixer, when the "Beep" is turned on, i cannot hear it.

On my old laptop the beep was working with both alsa and pulse installed, and even with headphones the beep would go straight to the headphones.

I'm on a T540p, if that can help.

Thanks a lot.

jasonwryan · 2016-12-06 00:37:35

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PC_speaker

Quardah · 2016-12-06 01:29:30

Hi.

Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately it has not helped me figure out the problem.

I also notice interrupting startup to go to BIOS, there are no beeps either. I have not found any BIOS options to enable/disable the PC-Speaker on my laptop.

Beep is not working at all (expected).

Is there any way i can see if the hardware is broken or turned off by something else? I am really out of idea on this.

Thanks.

jasonwryan · 2016-12-06 01:55:29

Sigh. So, let's run through this step-by-step seeing you seem incapable of providing any useful information yourself.

Is the module loading? Have you configured X or any part of your environment to suppress it? Please provide evidence to support your answers...

Quardah · 2016-12-06 02:35:15

I'm sorry man i don't mean to piss you off.

I believe the module is loaded:

[jape@T540p ~]$ lsmod | grep pcspkr
pcspkr                 16384  0

I have nothing related to PC Speaker in either .xinitrc or .Xdefaults.
There is little need to check them but you can find them both Here for inspection.

I know for sure it is not a broken part and some setting somewhere, because usually the beep is routed in the headphones when plugged. Now the beep doesn't exist either with or without them, therefor it is entirely turned off. (I'd expect the beep in the headphones if the hardware speaker was malfunctioning).

Could it be related to Alsa/Pulse?

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#1 2016-12-06 00:15:13

PC Beep not working.

#2 2016-12-06 00:37:35

Re: PC Beep not working.

#3 2016-12-06 01:29:30

Re: PC Beep not working.

#4 2016-12-06 01:55:29

Re: PC Beep not working.

#5 2016-12-06 02:35:15

Re: PC Beep not working.

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