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

[Elimar Riesebieter]

reassign 615941 linux-latest-2.6
thanks

* Raphael Hertzog [110302 08:01 +0100]:
> 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 

So this is a bug from Debian's kernel. This driver is useful for
embedded systems only but not for an amd64 kernel.

Elimar


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