GNU/Linux beep from the PC speaker

Question

How to use (internal) PC speaker instead of external speakers for the "tput bel" sound? Which parameters should I change?

@Dennis and the original poster: It may depend on the distro.
This may also be kernel dependent - I don't have a pcspkr module under 2.6.37.1...
To get the internal speaker to work, you need to load the module, but I believe it has been renamed to snd_spkr from pcspkr. To get the internal speaker to catch the regular PC speaker signal, there might very well be some OS specific setting.

Raystafarian · Answer 1 · 2012-04-02 11:27:24Z

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Debian has the 'beep' package. It beeps the speaker, no soundcard needed.

The upstream page is here

edited Apr 2 '12 at 11:27

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xaccrocheur · Answer 2 · 2011-06-10 13:41:05Z

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Check your BIOS settings. If the pcspeaker is disabled there, as it is often the case, you won't hear anything no matter what.

answered Jun 10 '11 at 13:41

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