Bug#540022: linux-image-2.6.31-rc5-686: pcspkr no longer included, but snd-pcsp fails to load - no beeps

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 05:59:25PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.31-rc5-686
> Version: 2.6.31~rc5-1~experimental.1~snapshot.14082
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> In recent kernel builds, pcspkr is not included as a compiled module.
> 
> This made my pc silent when I wanted to retain the beeps.
> 
> I tried using snd-pcsp with the following result:
> 
> Aug  5 17:00:18 victoria kernel: [12610.011216] Platform driver 'pcspkr' needs updating - please use dev_pm_ops
> Aug  5 17:00:19 victoria kernel: [12610.012153] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input3
> Aug  5 17:00:19 victoria kernel: [12610.012579] PCSP: Timer resolution is not sufficient (4000250nS)
> Aug  5 17:00:19 victoria kernel: [12610.012604] PCSP: Make sure you have HPET and ACPI enabled.
> Aug  5 17:00:19 victoria kernel: [12610.012652] PC-Speaker initialization failed.
> Aug  5 17:00:19 victoria kernel: [12610.013267] pcspkr: probe of pcspkr failed with error -5
> 
> This machine has a 1998 BIOS (Intel 440BX chipset) and does not seem to 
> be compatible with snd-pcsp.

Hi,
The next release of Debian (6.0, code name Squeeze) will be based
on 2.6.32. Please test the current 2.6.32 from unstable and tell
us whether the problem persists. If so, we should report it upstream
to the kernel.org developers.

The 2.6.32 kernel is available from packages.debian.org and can
be installed in both Debian stable, testing and unstable
installations.

Thanks,
        Moritz