[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#615941: Bug#615941: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf doesn't blacklist pcspkr despite the comment saying so

[Raphael Hertzog]

On Tue, 01 Mar 2011, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > So there'se a comment referring to a non-existing entry. Additionnaly I
> > noticed that I hear again the annoying pcspkr beep since a few days... I
> > don't know why and while looking into this I found this.
> > 
> > Maybe it's related, maybe not. I managed to turn it off by muting the
> > "beep" channel within the mixer.
> 
> Hmmm, is pcspkr been loaded by your kernel? The comment can be
> removed easy but do we have to blacklist that module? I thought it
> wasn't built from Debian's kernel.

Yes, the module is loaded and it's not due to any modification of me. 
So the kernel or some other piece of software must have auto-loaded it.

$ lsmod |grep pcspkr
pcspkr                  1739  0 

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