What the Beep?

NOYB

Version 2.1.5 had loud start up / shutdown and web gui login beeps. At first I thought they were obnoxious. Then they grew on me, and now with version 2.2 the beeps are barely audible and I miss them.

How can I increase the beeps volume in version 2.2?

Thanks

Visseroth

I also like the beeps!

NOYB

Bump

Anyone? Surely there must be a way to increase the beep volume.

kejianshi

Sudden urge to listen to the Pussy Cat Dolls again….

I guess I didn't notice because everything is remote from me now.

Nonsense

Beep-Beep!

I like them too, especially as I use IPMI to access my router and I can hear it from the other room.

stephenw10

Interesting, I can't say I noticed a change in volume. You're are saying this changed just with a firmware upgrade?

Steve

NOYB

@stephenw10:

Interesting, I can't say I noticed a change in volume. You're are saying this changed just with a firmware upgrade?

Steve

Yes. In 2.1.5, and previous 2.1.x versions, it was very load. Like what I'd expect for full volume. Immediately following fresh install of 2.2, with 2.1.5 config restore, it is barely audible.

DELL Inspiron 5100 notebook

NOYB

Making no other changes …
Boot up the old 2.1.5 and beep volume is loud as before.
Boot up the new 2.2 and beep volume is faint (barely audible).

System volume control (Fn keys) have no effect with either 2.1.5 nor 2.2.

DELL Inspiron 5100

Cletus

Try this command in the shell:


sysctl hw.snd.vpc_0db=1

NOYB

@Cletus:

Try this command in the shell:
sysctl hw.snd.vpc_0db=1

Currently set at 45.
Change to 1 makes no difference.

doktornotor

Why would you decrease it to make it louder? :o

Cletus

@doktornotor:

Why would you decrease it to make it louder? :o

Dunno but some guy on Google said it, and everything that is on the internet is true… :P

I also tried:```
sysctl hw.syscons.bell=*

doktornotor

hw.syscons.bell is a boolean (0/1 off/on).

stephenw10

The beep command operates at a lower level than the snd device. It drives the buzzer directly. I don't think hw.snd will have any effect here.

Steve

jimp

It could be due to the difference between the old console (syscons) and VT in some setups.

At least on my APU the sound doesn't seem to be any quieter.

jimp

Though we set kern.vty=sc so it should be using syscons not vt, so perhaps not.

Still could be related.

NOYB

Where is kern.vty=sc setting? Couldn't find it.

jimp

It's apparently the default for us and not explicitly set