1. Load the module pcspkr in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (comment it out)
2. Remove the package pulseaudio-module-x11 (that seems to absorb all XBell events)
3. Place options snd-hda-intel beep_mode=2 into /etc/modprobe.d/enable-beep.conf
4. reboot
This bug is still present in Ubuntu 14.04 "pulseaudio- module- x11" version "1:4.0-0ubuntu11.1"
Worked around by running the following steps as outline here: https:/ /askubuntu. com/questions/ 96511/getting- the-pc- speaker- to-beep
1. Load the module pcspkr in /etc/modprobe. d/blacklist. conf (comment it out) module- x11 (that seems to absorb all XBell events) d/enable- beep.conf
2. Remove the package pulseaudio-
3. Place options snd-hda-intel beep_mode=2 into /etc/modprobe.
4. reboot