Bug#244715: "Use system bell" doesn't use system bell (and kills everything else)

[Phil Edwards <pme@devphil.com>]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 03:52:19PM -0500, Chris Cheney wrote:
> It works perfect here on 2.6.6-rc1

I'm running a 2.4 kernel.  All was well until KDE 3.2 decided to annihilate
anything in the computer which could make sound.  (I wanted a quieter
system, but not this quiet.)


> but I had to make sure I had the
> pcspkr kernel module loaded first. Beeps at console still work with
> KDE running as well.

I have a feeling this is going to be one of those "it's not a sexy,
bleeding-edge kernel, so nobody cares" bugs, even though it used to work
just fine, and I'm just going to have to lose the time it takes to move
to 2.6 simply to get the PC speaker working.

If anybody has any ideas why "Use system beep instead of playing sounds" is
being ignored, please throw them out there...


If I move to 2.6, I'll be sure to build in "pcspkr", thanks!