PC speaker does not speak

[Marc Schwartz]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Even after modprobing pcspkr (and verifying that it's loaded, via 
> lsmod), I can't seem to make my laptop squawk.  "echo -e '\\007'", 
> neither in a terminal window, nor or any one of the ALT-VTs, seems to 
> have any effect.
> 
> I know that the laptop can squawk -- it does it when I turn it on, so I 
> must be missing some other crucial step.
> 

Bring up the Volume Control. Be sure that all appropriate Playback 
volume settings are not muted and are set at a reasonable volume.

Also, go to the Switches tab and be sure that "External Amplifier" is 
checked.  I had to do this to get the internal laptop speakers to work, 
even though externally connected speakers worked fine.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz