[ltp] ACPI and /proc/acpi/ibm/beep

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sun, 05 Jul 2009, kionez wrote:
> > This is weird, and I cannot reproduce it.  Please test with
> > /proc/acpi/ibm/beep...
> 
> I try with a:
> 
> # for i in `seq 0 17` ; do echo $i > /proc/acpi/ibm/beep; sleep 1  ;done
> 
> 
> but I can't hear no beep from my speaker...
> 
> I can hear a "acute" default beep  (i.e. when i press tab for
> autocomplention) only if I enable CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP in my kernel
> config.. otherwise I can't hear any sound.
> (PS: every other sound-related task works fine.. only beeps are missing)

First, please try to get the "beeps" from the internal speakers (not from
the microphone, not from line-out).

Second, maybe you need to mess with the HDA mixer to enable the beeps :(  I
wouldn't know how to help you in _that_.

Third, does anyone else have "silent beeps" problem with thinkpad-acpi and
Lenovo laptops?  That would help us stablish if it is a config issue (e.g.
on the mixer) on your laptop or BIOS, or a problem that hits all models...

Anyway, please send me by private email the output of dmidecode (remove any
UUIDs and serial numbers) and of acpidump.  I will check if the ACPI tables
make use of BEEP or not...  it is always possible that Lenovo is phasing
that out...

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh