Re: 2.6.22: pcspkr driver no longer loads automatically

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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.
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