[Bug 225221] New: Kernel module "INPUT_PCSPKR" not compiled as a module.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225221 Summary: Kernel module "INPUT_PCSPKR" not compiled as a module. Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: RC 1 Platform: All OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: sanne@email.it QAContact: qa@suse.de Since opensuse 10.2 is the kernel support for the PC-Speaker is built in the kernel, before it was installed as a module (symbol INPUT_PCSPKR). Having this as a module permitted us to blacklist it, as using a lot of laptops in the same office all those "beeps" where quite annoying. Now I have to rebuild my own kernel, losing automatic update features from the distro and much time. Please leave it as module (as before), or don't include it at all ;-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225221 gregkh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |sanne@email.it ------- Comment #1 from gregkh@novell.com 2006-12-14 11:56 MST ------- Why do you need this driver as a module? What problems is it causing built in? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225221 sanne@email.it changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|sanne@email.it | ------- Comment #2 from sanne@email.it 2006-12-17 07:47 MST ------- It isn't causing any problem, it is just annoying. A Lot. I really have to disable it where I work as it is disturbing other people. I wouldn't bother you if it wasn't a serious concern, I hope you understand this little problem can be a big problem for some people. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225221 lmb@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX ------- Comment #3 from lmb@novell.com 2007-01-09 11:56 MST ------- Uhm, the CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR option has been statically compiled in since at least 2003. ;-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225221 gregkh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jason@eramsey.org ------- Comment #4 from gregkh@novell.com 2007-01-27 11:45 MST ------- *** Bug 239636 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225221 slawrance@yahoo.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |slawrance@yahoo.com ------- Comment #5 from slawrance@yahoo.com 2007-06-10 09:41 MST ------- I'd like to also have this compiled in as a module. Other distros make this a module, making it easy to turn it off via module blacklisting on those systems. Up until several months ago, I used an IBM ThinkPad that had a master mute button that also turned off the PC speaker. As a result, I didn't mind if the PC speaker driver was on, and I actually wanted to hear beeps when it was not muted. Now I have a Dell Latitude D620 from work, and the mute button does not mute the PC speaker :-(. I had to compile the kernel to exclude PC speaker support. The PC speaker on this Dell Latitude is extremely loud! :-( As an alternative, I suppose that it could be possible to expose the PC speaker's enabled/disabled status as an ALSA mixer in the kernel. Some sound chips already do that from the sound chip's perspective, though having this capability exposed from the PC speaker's perspective could be interesting. Should that be filed as a child to this item as a feature request? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225221 ------- Comment #6 from slawrance@yahoo.com 2007-06-10 09:50 MST ------- Ahh.. Shortly after adding that comment, I came across http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Virtual_PC_Speaker, which provides PC speaker services through the sound card. There's also supposedly a way to turn off the PC speaker by adding a line to /etc/inputrc as mentioned at http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_NoBeep#Forever . Those sound like better solutions than making the PC speaker a module, so I'll try out the /etc/inputrc strategy with the standard openSUSE kernel. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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--- Comment #12 from Pascal Bleser
I don't see any big reason to make it module, so I'm basically for it. Even as a module, the driver will be loaded automatically via udev.
Unless it's blacklisted, which is what other distributions do (as a way to disable the PC speaker). (did you mean "to make it a module" or "not to make it a module" ?)
The only problem would be the case if beep were needed in initrd, but I don't think it's a fatal problem, too.
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