[Debian-eeepc-devel] not all beeps getting through

[jidanni at jidanni.org]

>>>>> "DI" == Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org> writes:

DI> -=| jidanni at jidanni.org, Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:14:23AM +0800 |=-
>> Gentlemen, it's driving me bananas. Why am I not getting all the beeps I
>> am entitled to here on my EEEPC 702 8G?
>> $ n=1; while sleep 2; do echo $((n++)); beep -r 4; done
>> $ n=1; while sleep 2; do echo $((n++)); beep; done
>> For each few beeps, there is one or two not heard.

DI> Aggressive sound card auto-suspending? What happens if the delay is
DI> 0.5 for example?

7 beeps OK, 8th always very low volume. Being root, or using tty1 gives
no improvement. modprobe pcspkr no help.

The first few seconds of
$ beep -l 11111
are normal, the remainder very low volume. The number of seconds vary.
How does one toggle auto-suspending, if indeed that is the problem?

/dev/sndstat:
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.21 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux jidanni3 2.6.32-3-686 #1 SMP Thu Feb 25 06:14:20 UTC 2010 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
HDA Intel at 0xf7eb8000 irq 16

Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
31: system timer

Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG