no pc/console speaker after portupgrade

[CodeBlock]

Alright, I'm not 100% sure that it stopped after the portupgrade, but I'm not sure exactly when it stopped. The computer (it's a laptop) used to beep all the time, and .. now I can't get it to beep at all.

The only reasonable time I think it could have stopped was a portupgrade.

[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$ ls /dev | grep -i speaker
[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$

[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$ sudo kldload speaker
Password:
kldload: can't load speaker: File exists
[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$

[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$ sudo beep
beep: open of /dev/speaker for writing: No such file or directory
[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$

[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$ sysctl hw.syscons.bell
hw.syscons.bell: 1
[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$

I don't get beeps when I press the arrow keys in the virtual terminals, nor does `beep` work, as shown above.

Any clue how to get my beep back?!

 

[CmdLnKid]

try kldload speaker

you must have left it out of your kernel config. Another thing you could check is the setting in your BIOS if you have been tweaking.

 

[CodeBlock]

I already tried kldload speaker:

[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$ sudo kldload speaker
Password:
kldload: can't load speaker: File exists
[ricky@R-Laptop ~]$

:S ... I'll check the bios, but I haven't messed with it, so... :S