5 minutes ago, ich777 said:

where -f is the frequency.

 

Yes it's just make no sound (only clicks) maybe it's related to how new boards work with speaker sound? 

 

Some user compiled beep for it to work in some Slackware but if you say its OK in kernel not sure how it's working for some peaple and others not, maybe will try to check it on windows or other os... 

 

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/pc-speaker-motherboard-pcspkr-not-working-after-compiling-in-out-of-tree-module-4175740212/

54 minutes ago, ich777 said:

This module is not built as a module, it's built directly into the Kernel, therefore you can't find it with lsmod:

and even:

 

So it seems everything is in place for the PC Speaker.

 

Does the BIOS beep then work on your Motherboards?

 

TBH I'm also not 100% sure if this is a Kernel issue at all.

Thanks for checking that the kernel had this module built in.

 

Also for me, the beeper works in the BIOS. 1x post beep when monitor is connected and 5x it's not connected. All as usual.

 

Just in unraid it just makes a single silent "click" on beep commands.

 

I can try it in Ubuntu live to check if it's working there.

19 minutes ago, ich777 said:

Did you yet try to change the frequency with something like:

beep -f 1000 -l 1000

where -f is the frequency.

I also tried various frequencys and lengths, without success. Just a really silent click on the start of issuing the beep commands.

 

P.s: I also swapped the Mainboard from an intel i3 5gen to an 12 gen lately. It's an Gigabyte H610I board.

 

Before it was working, with the same unraid setup.

 

Could maybe some powertop tweaks causing this issue?

 

 

Edited February 5, 20251 yr by pOpYRaid

15 minutes ago, pOpYRaid said:

Before it was working, with the same unraid setup.

Have you yet tried to beep it more often with:

beep -f 1000 -l 1000 -r 5

 

This should beep it 5 times, or in your case 5 clicks. I think it has something to do with the modulation or something similar but I could be very wrong about that.

 

16 minutes ago, pOpYRaid said:

Could maybe some powertop tweaks causing this issue?

I don't think so.

9 minutes ago, ich777 said:

Have you yet tried to beep it more often with:

beep -f 1000 -l 1000 -r 5

 

This should beep it 5 times, or in your case 5 clicks. I think it has something to do with the modulation or something similar but I could be very wrong about that.

 

I don't think so.

Yes i'll tried that already but once again. 

It makes 10 clicks (one every time the tone starts playing and one if it stops).

It seems that the PWM (square modulation frequency) is not started/set correctly.

 

Any ideas how we can do some tests?

Does the pcspkr module has some sysfs files exported?

25 minutes ago, pOpYRaid said:

Does the pcspkr module has some sysfs files exported?

I don't think so. I'm not super familiar with how the PC speaker works but I think it works by communicating directly with the driver and /dev/console

Guys, I found this:

 

Seems chipset related!

I'll tried putting my system to sleep and you know what, the buzzer is working as expected after wakeup.

 

@Masterwishx can you please also try this? 

 

Here is the command: 

echo -n mem > /sys/power/state

 

I don't know how to fix that without putting the system to sleep. 

 

 

 

Any ideas?

 

 

11 minutes ago, pOpYRaid said:

I don't know how to fix that without putting the system to sleep. 

Thanks i will try it... 

2 hours ago, pOpYRaid said:

Here is the command: 

echo -n mem > /sys/power/state

Checked sleep by plugin installed, after wake from sleep the beeper work fine. 

 

@ich777 it's very strange... 

thx, for confirming, that is really strange!

So our affected boards are:

• Asus PRIME B760M-A D4-CSM
• Gigabyte H610I
• ASRock B660

So affected chipsets seems gen 6 & 7.

 

@Masterwishx can you try the beep command in an current "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS" live (booted from USB).
I can test it in a few days.

 

If it also doesnt work there, we have a better chance that Asus, Gigabyte or ASRock support can reproduce the issue and maybe find a solution.
They have better connections to Intel than we have 

Edited February 5, 20251 yr by pOpYRaid

19 minutes ago, pOpYRaid said:

thx, for confirming, that is really strange!

So our affected boards are:

• Asus B760M-A
• Gigabyte H610I
• ASRock B660

So affected chipsets seems gen 6 & 7.

 

@Masterwishx can you try the beep command in an current "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS" live (booted from USB).
I can test it in a few days.

 

If it also doesnt work there, we have a better chance that Asus, Gigabyte or ASRock support can reproduce the issue and maybe find a solution.
They have better connections to Intel than we have 

i will try it ...

My motherboard full name is `Asus PRIME B760M-A D4-CSM`, just in case

On 2/5/2025 at 5:46 PM, pOpYRaid said:

you try the beep command in an current "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Tryed in Ubuntu desktop 24.04 from usb same issue, do you know where to open issue for Ubuntu? 

On 3/10/2025 at 2:53 PM, Masterwishx said:

Tryed in Ubuntu desktop 24.04 from usb same issue, do you know where to open issue for Ubuntu? 

thx for confirming the same issue with ubuntu.
Sadly, i dont know how to report issues with the linux kernel.

Here is the kernel bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
I will open an issue there.
 

Edited March 21, 20251 yr by pOpYRaid
Kernel bugzilla link

I have reported the issue to kernel bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219904

It may be worth retesting with 7.1-beta.1, since it uses a much newer kernel, just in case it's already working there.

@JorgeBthx for the hint!
Updated to 7.1-beta.1 (which has kernel: Linux 6.12.19-Unraid x86_64) and issue is still there.

16 hours ago, pOpYRaid said:

I have reported the issue to kernel bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219904

Thanks i will post also here, hope it can be fixed in it

On 3/21/2025 at 5:09 PM, pOpYRaid said:

I have reported the issue to kernel

Did you got any answer from vendor? 

Seems they can't help in such issue. 

21 minutes ago, Masterwishx said:

Did you got any answer from vendor? 

Seems they can't help in such issue. 

Sadly, no reaction.

So i assume you got an answer?
What are they recommending? (Contact intel)?

The bug report mentions this also happens with Windows, so this won't be a Linux issue, not much they can do, I would recommend contacting the board manufacturer

2 hours ago, JorgeB said:

contacting the board manufacturer

 

3 hours ago, pOpYRaid said:

What are they recommending? (Contact intel)?

Asus answered today after a couple mails:

```

Hello again,

 

Based on your description, it seems that the issue might be related to the external speaker rather than the firmware of a specific motherboard. In any case, we will look into this matter, and if such a bug exists, it will be fixed in future updates.

 

We recommend keeping your BIOS updated regularly to ensure the proper functionality and stability of your motherboard.

 

Thank you, and have a great day!

```

Got an rather "standard" answer from GIGABYTE today:

 

Quote

 

Dear customer,

Thank you for emailing GIGABYTE.
We would like to help you on this Case.

We are looking into your request and will come back to you ASAP after figuring it out clearly.

Thanks for your patience.

 

Regards

GIGABYTE Team

 

 

We will see....

 

Yeah, the answer was expected -> THEY DONT CARE!

 

Quote

Dear customer,

we got Feedback from our Colleagues for you:

It seems like you are using Linux.

Please note that we do not verify Linux issue since this MB only officially support Win10 and Win11.

We would suggest contact Linux for support first.

Please  install another SSD with no data stored, install OS, APP Center, utilities, drivers, and check the issue.

 

Thanks for your patience.

 

Regards

GIGABYTE Team

I have answered them, that the issue also is in windows (not checked by me).
But an reddit user says so.

Edited March 31, 20251 yr by pOpYRaid

anyone were able to resolve this?

so i just changed my system from x570 aorus master to msi pro z890-a with intel core ultra 285k.
previous setup works fine with beep. after changed to the new system, beep doesnt work with the same internal speaker. in bios i had to tick POST BEEP to enable. i can hear beep when it post but after going into unraid there's nothing with the beep command. not even a click sound like other's were saying here

so its possible its just an issue with most newer hardware?

I am gave up on this with my H610i Gigabyte board!

Or in other words, i have gave up on gigabyte.

Their answer ist just they dont suppport linux.

I was also stating it happens on windows.

But their support driving my crazy.

So my workaround is a user script Beep Fix (Standby for 5 seonds after boot) with the following content.
It basically goes to standby for 5 seconds after 120 secs on every unraid reboot.
This way the beeper works reliable.

 

#!/bin/bash
# sleep 120 seconds after boot, so system can settle down
sleep 120
# standby and wake it in 5 seconds, with this workaround the beeper is working! thx intel
rtcwake -u -s 5 -m mem
# sleep again 20 seconds, so we can play our fancy sound
sleep 10
# -----------------------------------------------------------
# from now on beeper is working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# -----------------------------------------------------------
# play array up beep
beep  -l 300 -f 600 -n -l 300 -f 800
# disable ethernet leds, sadly after wakeup they are on again
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/igc-0100-led0/brightness
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/igc-0100-led1/brightness
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/igc-0100-led2/brightness

Edited January 11Jan 11 by pOpYRaid