PC Beep does not redirected to sound card at notebooks

[Viktor Mileikovskyi]

Ubuntu 11.04 and 12.04 at notebooks

etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf said:

# ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
# nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
blacklist pcspkr

At standard PC beeping produces standard system sound by sound card but at notebooks there is no beep neither using pcspkr nor using PulseAudio.

I test it at multiple ACER notebooks with the same result. Now I test it at Acer Extensa 5620Z

Mistakenly pressed navigation key in terminal, BEEP in LibreOffice Basic etc produses no sound
But (Sorry for non precise translation of menu items and names from Ukrainian) clicking the Sound properties applet, selecting the last menu item ( Sound Preferences ), opening the first tab (Sound Actions) and clicking on any sound in the list produces a sound at standard and notebook PCs.

Thanks for a support

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-15.65-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog]
   Subdevices: 0/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: user 1299 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc300000 irq 46'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,1025011f,00100003 HDA:14f12c06,10250093,00100000'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 12
Date: Wed Aug 15 09:00:46 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=uk:en
 PATH=(custom, username)
 LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: PCI/internal sound card not detected
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/15/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.34
dmi.board.name: Columbia
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.34:bd04/15/2008:svnAcer:pnExtensa5620:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnColumbia:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Extensa 5620
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Viktor Mileikovskyi (v-mil)]

For OpenOffice.Org and LibreOffice there is a workaround to use shell Basic command
See

http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=137043&highlight=beep

This is only local solution for one project. So, I can not assume this bug as solved.
The same solution may be used in new projects and patches for existing projects.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported