On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 18:12 -0500, Shem Multinymous wrote: > > The ibm-acpi mixer also affects the BIOS-generated sounds (e.g., > low-battery warnings) and PC speaker. So it useful even when the sound > card is unused or unsupported. > Don't those sounds go through the beep generator? Most codecs use a beep generator for system sounds, that routes through the codec. -- Tobin Davis