Comment 57 for bug 290204

On my clean install of 9.10 the pc speaker is blacklisted by default. To me this appears to be the 'fix' that the developers put it. The shutdown beeps were very annoying on 9.04 but blacklisting the pc speaker is NOT the right solution, or a solution at all. This 'solution' breaks some of the accessibility features. For example, I rarely use the caps-lock key so under System > Preferences > Keyboard I go to the Accessibility tab and click on the Audio Feedback... button. Under the General section I place a checkmark in "Beep when a toggle key is pressed". This is but one feature that uses the pc speaker. Until the Accessibility features are given the capability to play sounds through the sound system (which I feel it should do anyway) blacklisting the pc speaker is not a solution.