Am Dienstag, den 06.11.2018, 06:31 +0100 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > Hi, > > when upgrading Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS right now I noticed something > alarming. > > "Configuration file '/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf' > ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. > ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. > What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: > Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > N or O : keep your currently-installed version > D : show the differences between the versions > Z : start a shell to examine the situation > The default action is to keep your current version. > *** blacklist.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? d > --- /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf 2016-10-23 23:06:36.499257451 > +0200 +++ /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.dpkg-new 2018-10-29 > [snip] > # ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be > done by a # nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010) > -#blacklist pcspkr > +blacklist pcspkr > [snip]" > > pcspkr is a good tool for error diagnosis. Replacing it by a bloated > sound server is risky, since the sound server easily could fail, > while > pcspkr is know to work without issues.
this had originally never anything to do with sound servers per-se but mainly with the fact that you have zero volume control over the speaker without using one ... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/331589 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/290204 ... as you noted you can easily re-enable it if you need it for diagnostics) ... > I'm using either plain ALSA or jackd with the ALSA backend, if I need > audio, just to listen to something from the Internet or to do > professional grade audio productions, _but_ if I don't need to listen > to speech or other audio material, such as music, then I don't turn on > an amplifier, I also don't want a sound server to waste my computer's > resources, if I need signals from MUAs, the terminal etc., instead I'm > using a PC speaker beep. and isnt it great that ubuntu allows you to modify the default (that pleases the majority of users) so that you can run your own custom setup ? :) ciao oli
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