PC Speaker... yet again
Eli Barzilay
eli at barzilay.org
Tue Nov 28 21:08:13 UTC 2006
Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at comcast.net> writes:
> Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at comcast.net> writes:
> >
>
> >> Eli Barzilay wrote:
> >>> I just upgraded a machine from FC2 to FC6, and I have another
> >>> with FC5, and on both FC6 and FC5 the speaker is no longer
> >>> working. I have the modprobe pcspkr
> >>>
> >>> in my rc.local (which, IIUC, should not be necessary on FC6 by
> >>> default), and I tried to manually rmmod it and modprobe it back
> >>> in -- nothing works. I also tried playing around with the alsa
> >>> configuration, misc gui configurations and nothing gets it back
> >>> on. Does anyone have an idea how to get the damn speaker
> >>> working again?
> >> In FC6, open the Volume Control. Go to the Switches tab and make
> >> sure that the "External Amplifier" checkbox is checked.
> >>
> >> If the "External Amplifier" box is not present, go to Edit, then
> >> Preferences, scroll down to the bottom and check "External
> >> Amplifier" there. Then it should show on the Switches tab.
> > No, that still doesn't make it work.
>
> OK...some other thoughts here. Be sure that the "PC Speaker" and
> "PCM" volume control sliders are not at the minimum setting and/or
> are muted.
Already tried. (Tried stuff in alasamixer too.)
> If those sliders are not showing, same thing as above, go into Edit,
> then Preferences and make sure that it is checked.
Actually, it has no "PC Speaker" category. (I've never seen a desktop
with the speaker being controlled by the audio card.)
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