Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:19:44 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: pieter@degoeje.nl, herbert.raimund@gmx.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about yell on a laptop Message-ID: <4B24DBE0.7090100@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <20091212183932.4cad565f.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4B22553A.9010003@eskk.nu> <20091211181304.2c710d8e.freebsd@edvax.de> <4B23AEB3.3060808@eskk.nu> <20091212183932.4cad565f.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon skrev: > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:54:43 +0100, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> 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: <PC speaker> 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
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