Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264412AbTEJPyA (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 11:54:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264413AbTEJPyA (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 11:54:00 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:5157 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264412AbTEJPxw (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 11:53:52 -0400 Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 18:04:12 +0200 From: Tuncer M "zayamut" Ayaz To: Ahmed Masud Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.69 strange high tone on DELL Inspiron 8100 In-Reply-To: References: <20030510154639.02DDC32C9@marauder.googgun.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1344 Lines: 37 On Sat, 10 May 2003 11:52:39 -0400 (EDT) Ahmed Masud wrote: > > > On Sat, 10 May 2003, Tuncer M zayamut Ayaz wrote: > > > On Sat, 10 May 2003 11:39:12 -0400 (EDT) > > Ahmed Masud wrote: > > > > can't say whether there is an internal speaker it could come > > from. source of sound is right beneath the keyboard, > > and creating load aka moving an x11 window around produces > > funny patterns --> no high tone, it almost disappears, > > but just low-volume sound reacting to when I move the > > window around. > > for a non-hardware-expert this is strange stuff. > > > > I think your keyboard may have a stuck key *grin*. > > Suggest the following: > > 1. remove keyboard from computer, to see if that stops the sound. > 2. remove mouse from computer to see if that stops the sound. (ps/2 > mice can be silly) > > if neither then we can say you have an odd bug. dunno how to remove builtin keyboard but plugging out externel ps/2 mouse doesn't change a thing. but pluggin it in again makes the sound stop for .5sec and start again after that period. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/