I thought I was experiencing this problem, but all I had to do was modprobe pcspkr and then beep works without specifying device or any other arguments.
Ubuntu 10.04 64bit -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Registry Administrators, which is the registrant for Debian. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144022 Title: The command 'beep' does not produce a sound _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~registry Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~registry More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

