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Date:      Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:25:14 -0600
From:      "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com>
To:        Carlos Silva <security@yourdot-mail.com>
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: beep: open of /dev/speaker for writing: No such file or directory
Message-ID:  <20060322232514.GA94374@megan.kiwi-computer.com>
In-Reply-To: <4421DA1D.1080407@yourdot-mail.com>
References:  <4421DA1D.1080407@yourdot-mail.com>

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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



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