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

[David Griffith <dave@661.org>]

My reply is at the bottom.  Please put your reply there too.
On Thu, 10 Oct 2019, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
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> On 2012-08-19 19:22 +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
>
> > > > > > > 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 ;
>
> Dave, do you still experience this problem?  If so, does reloading the
> pcspkr module help?

I do, but it seems like the problem is coming from pulseaudio and/or 
systemd.


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