Re: 2.6.22: pcspkr driver no longer loads automatically

Chuck Ebbert
2007-08-07T22:06:52Z

On 08/07/2007 04:43 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>> With no other changes but a kernel upgrade, the pcspkr driver
>> doesn't load automatically anymore. No changes to that driver
>> jump out, so where else could the problem be? Something to
>> do with the device class changes maybe?
>
> This has long been a problem for me on Fedora, long before 2.6.22. I
> would never ever have the glorious system beeps, unless I built the
> module into my kernel.
>
> I would look into distro areas and see why it's not getting loaded.
>

Seems to be some kind of udev / hal magic loading it. With 2.6.20/21
it worked for most people, now it seems totally broken. Maybe we should
just load it unconditionally.