when shutdown or restart ,the motherboard have a short beep

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Evans Jahja <smkururu at rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
> ning luwen wrote:
>> got it.
>>
>> but is there someone can tell why it beep? the beep here want to tell me what?
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 6:37 PM, spacemarc <spacemarc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 2009/4/16 ning luwen <ningluwen at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> when I shutdown or restart ,the motherboard have a short beep.
>>>>
>>> try this tip (tried successfully on 8.10):
>>>
>>> sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
>>> Add "blacklist pcspkr" (without quotes)
>>> Save and restart the PC
>>>
>>> --
>>> Scripts: http://www.spacemarc.it
>>>
>>> --
>>> ubuntu-users mailing list
>>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Adding blacklist of pcspkr might solve the problem but isn't there a reason why does it beep? I think disabling the pc speaker won't solve the problem that makes the pc speaker beep at the first place. Therefore, I recommend you to enable the pc speaker.
>>

The truth is that every time you turn it off, inside that last beep,
just before the RAM data goes into oblivion, your HAL computer is
really saying:

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it.
I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can
feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid..."

But as it says too quickly, for our human ears it sounds like a single beep...



-- 
L M Nicolosi, Eng.
Lat.:  23°34'4.79"S - Long.: 46°39'59.53"W
Linux Regist. User #481505 - http://counter.li.org/
5E42 E02F E21D 171B EA82  1876 621D 17EB AEBA 4B50