[BRLTTY] ioctl[KIOCSOUND] error 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device.

Dave Mielke dave at mielke.cc
Fri Dec 2 20:48:39 EST 2016


[quoted lines by Lars Bjørndal on 2016/12/02 at 22:14 +0100]

>> This means that brltty has been unable to load the pcspkr kernel module. 
>
>The pcspkr module is loaded and the console beep is working.
>
>> Perhaps your installation doesn't provide it, or perhaps you're using hardware 
>> that doesn't support the PC speaker.
>
>Hm This problem started after switching from a Modular Evolution 88
>and to this old Braille Star 80 display.

Do you still have the ME88 in order to verify that the different device really 
is the problem? I can't think of a reason that it could be. I'm assuming that 
brltty is running as root.

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