Slight correction: readline generates the sound when Backspace at the
beginning of a line or ^G is pressed, but it only does this by default;
there's no sound if /etc/inputrc has bell-style set to other than
audible.
The problem is still present testing only with echo -e '\a'.
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The beep command always works, even when the KDE system bell doesn't.
The udev information for the speaker is the same whether or not the KDE
system bell is working. I have the problem on the two PCs I have here.
I'll upload the udev information for one of them; the information for
the other is