clicky driver

[Gary Kline]

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 07:54:02PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:07:34 -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
>  > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 01:19:49AM +1100, Ian Smith wrote:
>  > > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:23:22 -0800 Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> [..]
>  > >  > 	Wow; the stuff I've never heard about:-)   --I just tried spkrtest
>  > >  > 	and have no /dev/speaker.   
>  > > 
>  > > # kldload speaker
>  > 
>  > 	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.  
>  > 
>  > 	Anybody know how I can redirect the beep to my speakers?  I miss
>  > 	the confirmation that vi/vim puts out. 
> [..]
>  > > Some laptops use the sound'card' for speaker, and provide a mixer level.
>  > 
>  > 	Should be a way to send the beep to my desktop speakers, then,
>  > 	right?  I've got volume and power, treble/bass.
> 
> Depends entirely on whether the speaker is wired into the sound system.
> If so, mixer will show a speaker device, eg on my 10y.o. Armada 1500c:
> 
> % mixer
> Mixer vol      is currently set to  80:80
> Mixer synth    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer pcm      is currently set to  92:92
> Mixer speaker  is currently set to  51:51
> Mixer line     is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer mic      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer cd       is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer line1    is currently set to   0:0
> Recording source: mic
> 
> cheers, Ian


	interesting what you can find out by googling around and following
	the online docs!  oN my old/present Dell I have a "CS461x"  which
	is probably in the museum by now.  On the new Dell, catting
	/dev/sndstat says there are dual chip there. 

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p6 11:50 <tao> [5001] cat /dev/sndstat
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <CS461x PCM Audio> at irq 17  [GIANT]

p3 11:50 <ethic> [874] t /dev/sndstat
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <HDA Realtek ALC888 PCM #0 Analog> at cad 2 nid 1 on hdac0 kld
snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default)
pcm1: <HDA Realtek ALC888 PCM #1 Analog> at cad 2 nid 1 on hdac0 kld
snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex)
p3 11:50 <ethic> [875]


	
	Well, I just spend awhile tried to connect the sound plug on my KVM
	unit ...  I have vim built; the BEL is the same slight beep as
	before.  I only had a few inches and a dim flashlight.  Seattle is
	like Siberia in lots of ways.  it's time to try to find somebody
	who can check out my wires, cables, and so forth.  

	later on,

	gary



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