building kernel for ac97 sound card

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi,

I've used /etc/rc.local to aplay a wav file for years. Unfortunately, it
isn't working on this box and I'm not sure why. I've not tried to chase
that down via the logs yet.

My usual practice is to have both an aplay and a few Ctrl-G chars in
rc.local just in case. Over the years this has helped when things go
awry. Fortunately, espeakup comes up working on this box, unlike another
(older) system where I have to systemctl restart espeakup after first
logging in without speech. Again, not sure what's behind this behavior.
It's fairly recent.

Best,

Janina

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> Have you got something like rc.local on that box?
> If yes, you could put an aplay command in that file to play a sound and
> have the system play that sound for you before you log in.
> There's a purple sound set with a login.wav sound in it I helped a
> friend get working on his system since he and you share the same
> situation.
> I can't help out with much, but that's a problem I got solved on this
> end.
> 
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 14:05:18
> > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: building kernel for ac97 sound card
> >
> > 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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Janina Sajka
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Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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