building kernel for ac97 sound card

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Yes, the problem is that not all mb provide a speaker for pcspkr. So,
even with the module loaded, there may be nothing for it to drive.

This is exactly the problem I'm having with my System76 mini PC. Lovely
box in many ways, but no speaker. I can load pcspkr, but I get no sound.

I've been kicking myself over this issue since acquiring this system
earlier this year. Never again will I make that mistake.

Janina

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> The sound card drivers are modules, so just build the module if need be.
> Ac97 sounds pretty standard to me though, so I think it should be part of
> the standard setup already.
> The pc speaker is something else though.
> There is a module called pcspkr which allow the use of that.
> All pc's does not have a speaker though.
> Maybe I am missing something in your message?
> Regards, Willem
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 
> > I have an ac97 sound card and a c-media usb sound card on a system.  I
> > have only had success activating the pcspeaker when building a kernel for
> > gentoo.  I have no clue as to what to enable to get this done.  This is
> > even after having gone through lspci output and lsmod output with the
> > install-minimal dvd running the operating system  The speaker-test utility
> > puts out sound in the chroot environment and is silent after first boot
> > into the new environment made by the compiled kernel.
> > 
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Linux Foundation Fellow
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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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