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Bug#796591: debian-installer: beep on x86 UEFI for accessibility



On Sat, 2015-08-22 at 22:30 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: 20150718
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> 
> As raised during the accessibility talk, we need to emit a beep at boot
> menu in the UEFI case too (grub menu).
> 
> I don't really know how to test this (can qemu emulate it?), so for
> now I'm just attaching a patch which should be working, but which is
> not tested.  Also, we probably need to make it conditionalized under
> official uploads like was done for the syslinux prompt.

Sound works in the SDL interface or over SPICE (-spice option).

If you're invoking QEMU directly, the option '-soundhw pcspk,hda' seems
like it should do the right thing, but I don't hear a beep even when
booting in BIOS mode.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
You can't have everything.  Where would you put it?

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