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How can I blacklist the 'pcspkr' module?

Asked by Jonathan Anderson

I really hate my laptop's "beep" speaker... it's super-loud and super-obnoxious. Currently, whenever I log in, one of the first things I do is 'sudo rmmod pcspkr'... there *must* be a way to automate this.

How can I blacklist some arbitrary kernel module, or, barring that, at least automatically rmmod it when Ubuntu boots?

Thanks in advance.

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Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#1

Hello,

you can add your command to the rc file in /etc/init.d/ The rc file includes all commands which starts or stops services which will execute by every runlevel change.

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Mathias

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Best I Gede Bagus Kosha (kosha) said : 		#2

You can add your kernel module at /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist so it will be blacklisted when system boots.

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Jonathan Anderson (jonathan-anderson) said : 		#3

Thanks I Gede Bagus Kosha P, that solved my question.

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Jonathan Anderson (jonathan-anderson) said : 		#4

That did the trick... thanks!

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Ktron (kevin-hamer) said : 		#5

Yes, Kosha answer works perfectly in Feisty and Gutsy (at least).

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Graham Tibbitts (graham-tibbitts) said : 		#6

Update: Jaunty Jackalope

Add 'blacklist pcspkr' to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf .