[ltp] Re: Random beeps

[Bill Wohler]

Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:

> When my T42p came back, I decided to install Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on it.
> Everything went smoothly, but now I have this very odd problem where
> the machine "beeps" periodically.
>
> At first I thought it was a keyboard issue (random key presses being
> generated causing Emacs, my most popular app, to beep because the key
> made no sense; I can simulate this behavior by pushing random function
> keys). Partly, I thought this because I did experience odd mouse
> behavior once or twice where pushing a mouse button caused the mouse
> to move several inches northwest.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?

Just that I experienced the same thing on a Dell desktop running
Debian GNU/Linux (etch). I too, use Emacs (22), and am pretty sure
that's it. The beeps would only occur when I was typing in an Emacs
window, if I remember correctly.

I fixed it with "modprobe -r pcspkr" ;-).

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