Public bug reported:
I'm using hardy/universe beep 1.2.2-20 on Ubuntu 2.6.24-19-generic #1
SMP Wed Aug 20 17:53:40 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux.
Normally, the program /usr/bin/beep produces no sound. Very rarely, the
system will produce a beep sound, and at that time, /usr/bin/beep will
produce a beep sound. (When I hear the system beep, I switch to an xterm
and try the beep command.)
Because beep works sometimes, I don't think this is a problem in the
beep package. I think it might be something to do with sound
configuration or sound servers, something like that. Since I don't
normally change sound configurations, I tend to think it's something to
do with sound servers.
Here's what I've tried:
- rmmod/modprobe of pcspkr
- using beep -e /dev/input/by-path/platform-pcspkr-event-spkr
- sudo alsa reload
- kill firefox (maybe a flash plugin grabbing sound?)
- kill pulseaudio (interfering with beep's access to sound server?)
- kill sound applets from gnome panel (interfering?)
- switch from X11 to a console terminal, and try beep from there
- rebooting
- hibernating/resuming
- used alsamixer to set volumes to maximum, and make sure everything is unmuted
I have not yet managed to do anything which will make the computer beep
reliably on command. I can play wav files or whatever with various other
software such as mplayer, the play command, mp3 players. But I can't get
the beep to work when I want it.
What should I be checking to find out why beep doesn't work most of the
time please?
Thanks in advance.
** Affects: beep (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Beep works only intermittently
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271593
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