Bug#675433: xterm: terminal bell randomly stops and requires a reboot to get back
Thanks for the quick reply after so many years.
On 2019-10-10 17:31 +0000, David Griffith wrote:
> My reply is at the bottom. Please put your reply there too.
> On Thu, 10 Oct 2019, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>>
>> 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.
I was not aware that pulseaudio can even control the PC speaker, but
maybe you have the snd-pcsp module loaded (which is not considered a
good idea[1]). Anyway, I would recommend that you reassign the bug to
pulseaudio, because there is nothing which can be done about it in
xterm.
Cheers,
Sven
1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496890
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