From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 13 12:19:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CC61065672 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:19:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from mx1.bjare.net (mx1.bjare.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789818FC0A for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC955E38A; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:19:47 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx1.bjare.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.206 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.206 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.394, BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] Received: from mx1.bjare.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.bjare.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id SdD6LkmJy6rY; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:19:44 +0100 (CET) X-BN-MX1: ja X-BN-MailInfo: BjareNet Received: from bljbsd01.no-ip.org (c-195-216-040-164.static.bjare.net [195.216.40.164]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF3BE5E3AB; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:19:44 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B24DBE0.7090100@eskk.nu> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:19:44 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091208) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon References: <4B22553A.9010003@eskk.nu> <20091211181304.2c710d8e.freebsd@edvax.de> <4B23AEB3.3060808@eskk.nu> <20091212183932.4cad565f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20091212183932.4cad565f.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: pieter@degoeje.nl, herbert.raimund@gmx.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about yell on a laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:19:49 -0000 Polytropon skrev: > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:54:43 +0100, Leslie Jensen wrote: >> That's what troubles me, I'm used to use Yell so I'm certain that my >> config is ok. One thing I've been made aware of is that a laptop >> computer maybe do not have a "speaker". Only a sound card will produce >> sound in the speakers. Any comments on that? > > It's quite possible that your laptop doesn't have the > "PC speaker functionality". > > Traditionally, the PC speaker was completely independant > from any sound cards. It even was present when no sound > card did exist. Early laptops also included such a speaker. > > More modern laptops then included a sound card and the > speaker (three speakers internally), but quicky the > PC speaker got removed, and access to its functionality > is provided through the sound card, offering a kind of > "PC speaker API". > > And maybe this "PC speaker API" isn't present on your > laptop anymore. > > Does dmesg show any "speaker" lines, such as this? > > speaker0: port 0x61 on acpi0 No entry at all! > > And even if it is shown this way, it doesn't imply that > the "PC speaker API" of the sound card is handling the > corresponding calls. > > Finally, and maybe you've already checked it, what is > the mixser setting for the PC speaker channel of the > sound card, if it does exist? mixer setting is Mixer vol is currently set to 84:84 Mixer pcm is currently set to 85:85 Mixer speaker is currently set to 99:99 Mixer mix is currently set to 0:0 Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0 /Leslie