clicky driver

[Polytropon]

On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:07:34 -0800, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> 	Thanks!  I just listened to the opening few notes of Star Trek [!]
> 	But very faint and I don't know if the dinky BEL is a chip or a
> 	real speaker.  

You can determine it easily: If you plug something into
the sound card in order to mute the built-in speakers,
and you still hear a sound, it's a "real" speaker besides
the sound card's speakers. If you don't hear anything,
all audio output - sound card AND PC speaker - is done
by the built-in speakers.



> 	Anybody know how I can redirect the beep to my speakers?  I miss
> 	the confirmation that vi/vim puts out. 

Early sound cards (e. g. the Logitech SoundMan 16) had an
option to "copy" PC speaker output to the sound card output,
even allowing to set the volume of this channel (treated
like any other channel, e. g. CD, PCM, MIDI).



> 	Probably help to be a dog!  --That reminds me of what my parents
> 	generation were saying about mine [with its loud music].  That we'd
> 	all be nerve-deaf by age 55.--  Teh computer does beep as an error
> 	sound.  How adjustable it is other than just beeping, dunno.

The kind of beep that is emitted (e. g. via BEL) doesn't
seem to be adjustable. I had different systems, one of
them just gave a clicking sound, where the other one
made a long tone, and a third one made a "normal" tone.
It seems to be determined by hardware.



> 	Should be a way to send the beep to my desktop speakers, then,
> 	right?  I've got volume and power, treble/bass.

If the PC speaker output is realized through the sound
"card" (and its speakers), it will leave the computer
through those speakers, or through the headphone jack.




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Polytropon
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