Computer Now Beeping at Each Shutdown and Restart: Why?

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Computer Now Beeping at Each Shutdown and Restart: Why?

24 April 2025, 10:03:16

Before updating I enjoyed my quiet system.

My install medium:

artix-xfce-openrc-20250317-x86_64.iso

I haven't been able to find a list of which kernel is in this iso.

Now, On update:

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~$ sudo pacman -Syu

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Linux Telmudim_sell_their_children_to_be_whores 6.14.2-artix1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 12 Apr 2025 21:58:35 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Because it installs a new Kernel I reboot, only to find an annoying beep is now occurring.
Why is my computer now beeping at each shutdown or restart?

I found this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PC_speaker

I am /assuming/ the offending install is the kernel files:

linux-headers-6.14.2.artix1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

But, I really don't know which is the miscreant causing this new problem.

From the Arch Linux Wiki I have implemented:
'Blacklisting the pcspkr and snd_pcsp modules will prevent udev from loading them at boot.'

Re: Computer Now Beeping at Each Shutdown and Restart: Why?

Reply #1 – 24 April 2025, 18:31:40

I would check your grub file at /etc/default/grub and see if this line is commented or uncommented.

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# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

That may be or maynot be the issue. If it is uncommented, then comment it and save the file. Then reboot and see if anything changes. Good luck.

Re: Computer Now Beeping at Each Shutdown and Restart: Why?

Reply #2 – 25 April 2025, 10:49:49

The beep is occurring on shutdown, not start. It is very loud. In a quiet cafe everyone looks at me like, wtf?

But, checking your suggestion I can see it is not uncommented. So this isn't the source of the beep.

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# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

It occurs after an update. There is no beep before the update. There are 300+ files being installed so I don't know which is causing the problem.
I have checked the BIOS to see if there are any settings there, but I can't see anything related to a beep.

What logs can help identify where to focus on this issue?