This bug is still present in Ubuntu 14.04 "pulseaudio-module-x11" version "1:4.0-0ubuntu11.1"
Worked around by running the following steps as outline here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/96511/getting-the-pc-speaker-to-beep 1. Load the module pcspkr in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (comment it out) 2. Remove the package pulseaudio-module-x11 (that seems to absorb all XBell events) 3. Place options snd-hda-intel beep_mode=2 into /etc/modprobe.d/enable-beep.conf 4. reboot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-media in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769314 Title: System bell broken in Natty/Unity (despite heroic...) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/769314/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
