On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 10:33, Clint Harshaw wrote: > Bob Chiodini wrote: > [...] > > If you are running gnome, try modprobing pcspkr. That should restore > > your system bell. There are some comments about how to do this > > permanently in the archives. I don't remember exactly, rc.modules comes > > to mind. > > Thanks for the tip about that thread. when I ran # sbin/modprobe pcspkr > I got my system bell back, but there are two unusual things related: > > a) the sound is coming from my desktop speakers/subwoofer rather than > the built-in speaker that beeps when a shutdown is done. > > b) I created a /etc/rc.modules file that contained the one line > modprobe pcspkr > saved it and rebooted. But the system bell wasn't there. I restored it > again with # /sbin/modprobe pcspkr. Do I have the line correct in my > /etc/rc.modules file? Should it be /sbin/modprobe pcspkr? > > > > > As far as the antspotlight screen saver: I just tried it on my > > proprietary laden driver ATI 9500 and noticed that the spotlight is > > pretty dim. Forgive me for asking, is your monitor brightness up high > > enough? > > Yes, but I think I have some more information that might help > trouble-shoot what is going on. When I try the flipscreen3D screensaver, > it's just displaying a white rectangle. This leads me to believe that > what is really happening is that the underlying screen is not being > picked up. > > I looked in the Advanced settings of the screensaver, and the box for > Grab Desktop Images is checked. I have now tried unchecking and > rechecking both the Grab Desktop Images and the Grab Video Frames boxes, > but the symptoms are the same: for screensavers that use the desktop > image, the desktop images is not being detected by the screensaver. > > Clint Clint, It can't hurt to fully qualify the modprobe command in rc.modules. Also check the permissions of rc.modules. I think execute ACLs are required. Any errors in dmesg or the syslog? More info at: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/long_list.cgi?buglist=123927 As to the sound coming from your desktop speakers, try lowering the gain of the speaker in your mixer. For the screen saver: In the advanced tab, what is fade to black set to? I have it checked, and antspotlight, as well as the other desktop grabbing screen savers work. It might be that I am using the ATI proprietary driver. Bob...
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