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

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009, kionez wrote:
> #include <Henrique de Moraes Holschuh.h>   // created 06/07/2009 16:41

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> > First, please try to get the "beeps" from the internal speakers (not
> > from the microphone, not from line-out).
> 
> I'm using only internal speakers
> 
> > Second, maybe you need to mess with the HDA mixer to enable the beeps
> > :(  I wouldn't know how to help you in _that_.
> 
> I try to set\reset everything related to mixers, starting from a working
> (with 2.6.29) config.
> 
> > 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...
> 
> I'll send it in a short :)

I think you either have an option in the BIOS set so that the thinkpad is
supposed to be silent, or it is something wrong in the HDA mixer.

The DSDT *has* BEEP support, and it *USES* it.  Tell me, does the thinkpad
go "beep" when it enters and exits sleep-to-RAM?

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