[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#540831: alsa-base: Please blacklist pcspkr by default

[Josh Triplett]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.20+dfsg-1
Severity: normal

Please consider blacklisting pcspkr by default.

"How do I make my system stop beeping" represents a fairly common
question.  A quick search for "pcspkr" primarily gives results from
people wanting to stop it from loading.  The PC speaker makes a loud and
annoying beep on many systems, and not all of those provide a way to
mute it via the soundcard.  Many applications end up triggering the PC
speaker when they ring the system bell, notably terminal emulators and
the console.

Adding "blacklist pcspkr" to a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ represents one
of the few configuration changes I still have to make to every Debian
system I install.

(Previously reported against udev since it owns
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.  Marco d'Itri suggested that alsa seemed
like a better package to handle this.  If you believe this bug should
not get fixed in alsa-base, I'd appreciate any suggestions about what
package should handle this issue.)

Thanks,
Josh Triplett