Subject: Re: XFree86: beep to speakers?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Anne Bennett <anne@porcupine.montreal.qc.ca>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/22/2003 15:16:45
I asked:
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction to make XFree86 beep to the
>> external speakers instead of (or in addition to) to system speaker?
Christian Biere <christianbiere@gmx.de> suggested:
> One solution is to connect the PC speaker output of the mainboard to the
> soundcard instead of the internal beeper. Most soundcards have two pins
> for PC speaker input. You can then use
> mixerctl -w inputs.speaker=<value
> to adjust the volume or at least, turn the sound on/off.
The physical connection must be what is missing; the mixerctl values
seem to already be correct:
# mixerctl -a | grep speaker
inputs.speaker=255
inputs.speaker.mute=off
When I'm back at work on Monday, I'll open the case and see if I can't
find the right connection to make. Thanks for the pointer.
Anne.
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