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Subject: Re: beep: open of /dev/speaker for writing: No such file or
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:13:33PM +0000, Carlos Silva wrote:
> 
> the device /dev/speaker is not created, how can I fix this?
> 
> ERROR: beep: open of /dev/speaker for writing: No such file or directory

I'm assuming you're running 5.x or 6.x.  Try the following, as root:

	kldload speaker

If you want it loaded after a reboot, add the following line to
/boot/loader.conf:

speaker_load="YES"


-- Rick C. Petty