Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 131946
xchat does not beep on channel messages
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:07:03 EST
Description of problem: xchat does not beep on channel messages although told to Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: only on my computer Steps to Reproduce: 1. start xchat on my computer Actual results: warning: (xchat:7165): Gtk-WARNING **: GModule initialization check failed: Gtk+ version too old (micro mismatch) no beeping on messages although advised Expected results: beeping on messages Additional info: compiling xchat from source did not resolve the problem. [root@ls3523 tstaerk]# rpm -qa|grep gtk+ gtk+-1.2.10-31 gtk+-devel-1.2.10-27.1 [root@ls3523 tstaerk]# xchat (xchat:7165): Gtk-WARNING **: GModule initialization check failed: Gtk+ version too old (micro mismatch) [root@ls3523 tstaerk]# rpm -qa|grep gtk+ gtk+-1.2.10-31 gtk+-devel-1.2.10-27.1
If you are using the "Beep on channel message" feature, you may need to have your system load the "pcspkr" module before terminal beeps will work. Please test this by running, as root, "modprobe pcspkr" and attempting to reproduce.
sorry, I get [root@ls3523 root]# modprobe pcspkr modprobe: Can't locate module pcspkr
I had a similar problem. After upgrading from FC1 -> FC2 using anaconda, system beeps were not occurring for any of the normal events. I lsmod |grep pcspkr and it was not loaded. I modprobed pcspkr and it loaded and now beeps work normally. I'm not sure why this isn't being loaded by default at boot-time. Must be something the FC2 upgrade forgot. I'm not sure where I should add this to ensure pcspkr loads across boots.
sorry, I get [root@ls3523 root]# modprobe pcspkr modprobe: Can't locate module pcspkr I do not find pcspkr in rhn.redhat.com. It is not in kernel-unsupported. Please note I am using RHEL 3 WS.
Run: find /lib/modules -name "pcspkr*" anything listed? Are you running a 2.4 kernel (uname -a) or 2.6? I'm running 2.6.8 on FC2. I don't recall ever seeing this module in 2.4, so perhaps 2.4 used some other mechanism (perhaps not a module) to do the pcspkr function. Does *anything* beep on your computer? Load tcsh and hit backspace at an empty prompt. That should beep. Now try rebooting, does the initial POST beep like it usually does? If *nothing* is beeping, check inside your computer for a loose PC speaker connection to the mobo or a dead PC speaker (try replacing it). Note, for others reading this bug report, the problem has nothing to do with xchat or any particular app, it's a kernel module not loading automatically issue (at least under 2.6). Something with permissions should change the subject/component for this bug.
It may still possibly be a problem in xchat, but I would like to know whether the system bell works at all.
The system bell works everywhere but not in the X environment. So, this is rather a sound problem, I see. Can we continue with this bug report ?
Problem was with the KDE settings: kcontrol | Sound and Multimedia | System Bell was at volume 0. Thanks for your help, you pointed me there !
Interesting. I didn't know GNOME/KDE had pc speaker control in the GUI now! I had recently added modprobe pcspkr to /etc/rc.modules and that fixed the problem on my end. I just checked and my GNOME setting is on. However, I'm not sure if it was set to on before I did that modprobe. I guess it could be a little confusing to users who go into that setting and click on yet no sound would occur unless they modprobed pcspkr. It's still a little strange that pcspkr wasn't being insmod'd automatically.
but you know that I do not need the module pcspkr with my RedHat EL 3 ? And it beeps nevertheless: [tstaerk@ls3523 freeciv-1.14.2]$ sudo /sbin/lsmod | grep sp [tstaerk@ls3523 freeciv-1.14.2]$