Bug#675433: xterm: terminal bell randomly stops and requires a reboot to get back

[Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com>]

>>>>> Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> writes:
>>>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:53:05PM -0700, David Griffith wrote:

 >> Package: xterm
 >> Version: 278-1
 >> Severity: normal

 >> After a normal bootup, the terminal bell with Xterm works as
 >> expected.  After some time it stops.  This happens with RXVT, Gnome
 >> Terminal, and XFCE Terminal.

[…]

 > If it happens with all of those, it's not xterm-specific (nor
 > specific to xlibs).  Sounds more like a problem with the desktop or
 > window manager.

	… or the kernel.  Could you please check whether reloading the
	pcspkr kernel module helps or not?  Like:

$ sudo rmmod pcspkr ; sudo modprobe pcspkr ; 

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