With Alsa, during initialisation, the volume is set on "mute". That's why you can't hear anything. try to launch an alsa mixer. (like gamix) Aurélien PS mais pourquoi allons nous sur des mailing-list anglaise ;) Jerome BENOIT wrote:
Hello, I have just upgraded to Kernel 2.6[.5] my Inspiron 8200 running under testing/unstable: now my sound card is properly recognized by ALSA, nevertheless the beep is no more there: I want it back, any idea ? Thanks in advance, Jerome