Ubuntu
module-init-tools package

  1. Bug #77010 (system-bell-everywhere)
  2. Comment #86

Comment 86 for bug 77010

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David Kågedal (dkagedal) wrote :

I know have the pcspkr blacklisted in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (automatically, I didn't add it myself), and I don't have the pcspkr module loaded. But, after a suspend/resume cycle I still get the system beep!

So, apparently the system beep works even without the pcspkr module.

This is after manually running

$ pactl load-module module-x11-bell sample=bell.ogg

to get the PulseAudio bell sound working.

What seems to happen is that after unloading and reloading the PA module, the system beep stops and the PA beep takes over. After suspending my laptop and resuming again, something strange happens. When I press ctrl-G in a termal (for example) I hear the system beep again, but I also hear the PA beep. And I don't hear it only once. The PA beep goes into an endless repeat loop.

To stop PA from repeating the beep, I can simply start pavucontrol (just starting it is enough).

To get rid of the system beep I have to use "pactl unload-module" and then "pactl load-module" as above.

So my particular problem is probably related to pulseaudio.