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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:06:30 +0200
From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Question about KVM and PC speaker
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To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Cc: Simon Bienlein <s.bienlein@gmx.de>, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>, Qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Samuel Thibault schrieb:
> Jan Kiszka, le Thu 23 Apr 2009 09:45:17 +0200, a =E9crit :
>> Simon Bienlein wrote:
>>> I hear the beep if I am in the bash of the wirtsystem and press the
>>> backspace key on the start of the line. The PC speaker works therefor=
e.
>>>
>>> How can I configure KVM so that the PC speaker also works in the VM?
>>> Supports the BIOS PC Speaker beeps?
>> Nope, not yet. Neither QEMU nor KVM (with its in-kernel handling of th=
e
>> involved timer chip) translates the guest's speaker settings into
>> anything audible. But that should be feasible.
>=20
> Err, have you read the first paragraph?  The speaker does work.

It works on the host, but not in the guest.

Admittedly, "wirtssystem" doesn't look like a proper English word, so=20
that might not have been obvious for you. ;-)

Kevin