Comments on: Blacklist your pc speaker to disable system beeps http://tuxtraining.com/2008/09/04/blacklist-your-pc-speaker-to-disable-system-beeps Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:34:04 -0500 hourly 1 By: Michael Shuler http://tuxtraining.com/2008/09/04/blacklist-your-pc-speaker-to-disable-system-beeps/comment-page-1#comment-1513 Michael Shuler Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:12:23 +0000 http://tuxtraining.com/?p=496#comment-1513 Some speakerless MBs, such as my thinkpad, use the sound card for the pcspkr - somewhere around 2.6.24->25 or ->26, my long-time blacklist of pcspkr did not work and I discovered that the new module being used was snd_pcsp! One more addition to my blacklist rules ;) $ tail -2 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist blacklist pcspkr blacklist snd_pcsp Kind Regards. Some speakerless MBs, such as my thinkpad, use the sound card for the pcspkr – somewhere around 2.6.24->25 or ->26, my long-time blacklist of pcspkr did not work and I discovered that the new module being used was snd_pcsp! One more addition to my blacklist rules ;)

$ tail -2 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist pcspkr
blacklist snd_pcsp

Kind Regards.

]]> By: Chris Lees http://tuxtraining.com/2008/09/04/blacklist-your-pc-speaker-to-disable-system-beeps/comment-page-1#comment-1504 Chris Lees Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:16:01 +0000 http://tuxtraining.com/?p=496#comment-1504 I had a different solution to the problem. I found a HOWTO on the Gentoo wiki that says how to convert the PC speaker beeps into commands to play a sound file. It worked too, until I dist-upgraded my system. Even before I did, the computer seemed to forget itself and resume the PC speaker beeps after an hour or two. But still, it's a great concept, because I'd rather have a nicer method of notification than no notification at all. I had a different solution to the problem. I found a HOWTO on the Gentoo wiki that says how to convert the PC speaker beeps into commands to play a sound file.

It worked too, until I dist-upgraded my system. Even before I did, the computer seemed to forget itself and resume the PC speaker beeps after an hour or two. But still, it’s a great concept, because I’d rather have a nicer method of notification than no notification at all.

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