I have a fresh install of Lubuntu 16.04 on my old Vaio VGN-FS730F and there are some annoying beeps that sound always in a randomly way. They have no defined pattern.
I thought it was the pc speaker so I disabled from BIOS but it doesn't change anything. I realized that the beeps are emitted by the soundcard because when I can listen it by headphones when I connect them. Sometimes the sound tray icon blinks at the sound of the beeps.
The patterns of beeps changes randomly at every machine restart.
-Not beep at all.
-Beep every minute
-Beep every second.
-Sometimes the beeps lower their frequency when I play some video in firefox.
Seems to be worst when the battery is low, but this is not a ruler.
If you have problems figuring my situation, check this video of the issue https://youtu.be/GetcRSn2OJ4
For me, it's enough to find a way to mute these annoying beeps.
Model : Vaio VGN-FS730F
>lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.0.4.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
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ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: flor 1013 F.... pulseaudio
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-01 (63 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170216)
Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
PulseList:
Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
Tags: xenial
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-58-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: R0084J1
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Reserved
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Reserved
dmi.chassis.version: Reserved
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrR0084J1:bd06/02/2006:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-FS730F:pvrC300QPZM:cvnReserved:ct10:cvrReserved:
dmi.product.name: VGN-FS730F
dmi.product.version: C300QPZM
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
---
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: flor 1013 F.... pulseaudio
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-01 (63 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170216)
Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
PulseList:
Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
Tags: xenial
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-58-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: R0084J1
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Reserved
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Reserved
dmi.chassis.version: Reserved
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrR0084J1:bd06/02/2006:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-FS730F:pvrC300QPZM:cvnReserved:ct10:cvrReserved:
dmi.product.name: VGN-FS730F
dmi.product.version: C300QPZM
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
This sounds like a duplicate of bug 1585084 (which could occur in different shells slightly differently). And the beeps might be brief distortions of the normal volume changing sound...
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