Did the sound come from the pc speaker? If not, do you have it enabled in your kernel? In my 2.6 kernel, I have the pc speaker driver compiled as a module. The option is CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=m I had to make sure to set this when I upgraded from the 2.4 to the 2.6 kernel. ----- Original message ----- From: rhubarbpie at poetworld.net To: "Scot Jenkins" <scotjenkins at gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:41:22 -0600 Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Sound 101 question Scot Jenkins wrote: >On 11/22/05, rhubarbpie at poetworld.net <rhubarbpie at poetworld.net> wrote: > > >>Greetings, >> >>I'm running LFS compiled Linux with the 2.6.11.12 kernel. I've compiled >>xmms and can play mp3 files, so my sound card works. >> >>However, I have no sound from either a command line or OpenOffice. For >>instance, neither OpenOffice macros or "print \a" from a command line >>will beep. This is probably someone quite basic. What should I check? >> >> >> > >Is your PC speaker wired up? Does it beep during POST? >'\a' should ring the "bell" (aka, PC speaker) not your soundcard. > >scot > > > I've compiled alsa and turned on the PC speaker in alsamixer. I get sound with speaker-test. Is that what you mean?