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  Intel NUC beeping capabilities Cleverson Casarin Uliana <clever97@gmail.com> - 2020-07-15 04:40 +0200
    Re: Intel NUC beeping capabilities Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2020-07-15 04:50 +0200
      Re: Intel NUC beeping capabilities Cleverson Casarin Uliana <clever97@gmail.com> - 2020-07-15 14:40 +0200

#224819 — Intel NUC beeping capabilities

Hello all,

I'm considering to aquire an Intel NUC mini PC, probably the 
NUC10i5FNKPA model, and install GNU/Linux on it. However, due to a 
visual empairment, I'd like to be sure it can beep as soon as a boot 
loader, like grub, displays its boot menu for choosing an operating 
system in a dual boot environment.

As you know, desktop computers normally come with an internal, serial 
component which serves as a speaker to beep in case of hardware 
failures, but can also be used for other purposes. According to the 
suport article at 
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005854/intel-nuc.html 
, the NUC mini PCs are capable of beeping as well. However, because the 
internal speaker is not a standard serial component as in a desktop, it 
may not beep when e.g. you issue a Linux shell command like "tput bel". 
Also, some boot loaders like grub have a "play" command, which you can 
put in a file like grub.cfg, in order for it to beep when it reaches the 
boot menu for choosing an OS.

So, before I buy a NUC, could anyone please do test and report whether 
it beeps? Such test can be done in one or more of three ways:
* Switch to a pure console, issue the command "tput bel", then hear 
whether it beeps;
* Boot the NUC using a Debian netinst image, and hear whether it beeps 
as soon as the boot starts. The netinst images are prepared to beep, as 
explained here:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s02.en.html
* Finally, if you have a dual boot environment, with grub as you boot 
loader, you could put a play command inside your grub.cfg config file, 
then reboot and hear whether it beeps at the boot menu.

Thanks in advance,Cleverson

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#224820

On 7/14/20 10:31 PM, Cleverson Casarin Uliana wrote:
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> * Switch to a pure console, issue the command "tput bel", then hear 
> whether it beeps;

On my i5 NUC, it makes no sound at all.

And by testing it, i discovered that if I switch to a console, X crashes 
and restarts. What the heck? It did not do that last week.

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#224837

Hi Carl, thank you for testing.

Could you also please enter alsamixer and check whether your NUC sound 
card has any beep-dedicated channel? Some laptops have it, e.g. look for 
"beep" in this log:
https://linux-hardware.org/index.php?probe=66bfc16192&log=alsactl

Greetings,
Cleverson

Em 14/07/2020 23:39, Carl Fink escreveu:
> On 7/14/20 10:31 PM, Cleverson Casarin Uliana wrote:
>>
>> * Switch to a pure console, issue the command "tput bel", then hear 
>> whether it beeps;
> 
> On my i5 NUC, it makes no sound at all.
> 
> And by testing it, i discovered that if I switch to a console, X crashes 
> and restarts. What the heck? It did not do that last week.
> 

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