Troubleshooting missing bell system signal

[Ralph Plawetzki <ralph@plawetzki.net>]

Dear list,

I am looking for the bell-sound on the console. In konsole (KDE
terminal) a
bell symbol is displayed, but no sound is played. The same in a text
console (e.g. Alt+F2): no sound.

After looking on the web I checked the following: the appropriate kernel
module pcspkr is loaded, sound card is recognized and configured via
alsaconf and sound is working within kde.

The kmix mixer doesn't show a volume control for pc speaker.

System info: Debian Etch on a HP Compaq nx6310; audio device: Intel
Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev
01)

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Ralph