[BRLTTY] Problem with kernel module

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2015, Dave Mielke wrote:

> This is just a warning. It means that the pcspkr kernel module can't be 
> modrobed, which, as far as brltty is concerned, isn't a problem. It might be a 
> problem for the user, though.
> 
> Brltty plays what we call alert tunes for events the user might care about, 
> e.g. trying to navigate beyond the edge of the screen, wrapping to the 
> next/previous line, skipping over blank lines, etc. The default is to use the 
> PC speaker to play these tunes. Its tune device can, however, be changed from 
> within brltty's preferences menu to other things, e.g. to play PCM audio via 
> the sound card.

Maybe automatically defaulting to PCM when pcspkr isn't available would 
be a good idea?

> >My os is  Raspbian (Raspberry Pi modification of debian) and 'modprobe
> >pcspkr' command says :  "modprobe: FATAL: Module pcspkr not found".
> 
> So that's why brltty can't install it either. That's exactly what it tries to 
> do.

A Raspberry Pi definitely doesn't have a PC speaker.


Nicolas