[Slackbuilds-users] misc/beep work for anyone?

Willy Sudiarto Raharjo willysr at slackbuilds.org
Sat Jul 4 14:30:35 UTC 2026


>> The Slackbuilds one seems to be out of date.  A current one is located at
>> https://github.com/spkr-beep/beep
>
>I actually tried that before I tried the old version on SBo. The plan
>was to update the build... neither version works.
>
>> Reading the arch wiki for pc speakers (there's a section on "beep"
>> specifically too) made it sound just obnoxious enough not to try though
>> (pcspkr kernel module, udev, limitations)
>
>The udev stuff is only to allow non-root users to use beep. I ran my
>tests as root.
>
>Just now tried the pcspkr module (it wasn't loaded before, it is now)
>but it didn't change anything.

last update was me in 2013, so it's time to remove it from SBo


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Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
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