This issue appears to be fixed in the Natty 2.6.38-10-generic kernel. Commenting out the "pcspkr" line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (and rebooting) is enough to enable the speaker, without needing the extra rmmod+modprobe.
This issue appears to be fixed in the Natty 2.6.38-10-generic kernel. Commenting out the "pcspkr" line in /etc/modprobe. d/blacklist. conf (and rebooting) is enough to enable the speaker, without needing the extra rmmod+modprobe.