Friday, 6 September 2019

Enable system beep in Ubuntu

I have tried to get the system beep working, but with no success. I used echo -e '\a' and the beep application.


I have tried entering modprobe pcspkr at the command line, and made sure pcspkr is not listed on the modprobe blacklist. I also enabled



  • from the Gnome Desktop: System → Sound → System Beep → Enable audible beep,

  • from a Terminal window: Edit → General → Terminal bell.


This did not fix the issue, though.


My computer is an IBM Thinkpad, iSeries laptop. I know my hardware speaker works, because if on startup the battery is low, it will beep.

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