pcspkr module not automatically loaded with 2.6.22 kernel

[Bob Chiodini]

Andre Robatino wrote:
> Bob Chiodini wrote:
>> Andre Robatino (arobatino) wrote:
>>> The pcspkr module is not automatically loaded anymore with the 2.6.22
>>> module, though I can load it manually with "modprobe pcspkr".  I
>>> filed the following as a kernel bug:
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=249124 [1]
>>>
>>> and noted that in the kernel update announcement was the following,
>>> which I don't understand:
>>>
>>> * Thu Jul 12 2007 Dave Jones - Replace the pcspkr private PIT lock 
>>> by the global PIT lock to
>>>   serialize the PIT access all over the place.
>>>
>>> Was the kernel the right component to file this under, or does some
>>> other package need to be modified to interact correctly with the
>>> kernel?
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=249124
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>> Andre,
>>
>> PIT is programmable interval timer and is the clocking H/W that 
>> provides timing to the PC Speaker, among other things.
>>
>> I suspect that moving the code that locks the device for a specific 
>> user/use out of the pcspkr driver generalizes PIT locking for all 
>> users of the device not just the pcspkr driver.  I doubt it had 
>> anything to do with the module not being loaded after the kernel update.
>>
>> What other packages were updated before you noticed the problem.  
>> Might be something to do with kudzu.
>>
>> Bob...
>  I just verified that on my cleanly installed, fully updated, 32-bit 
> SELinux-enabled i686 box, the kernel module is loaded automatically 
> when booting kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7, but not 
> kernel-2.6.22.1-27.fc7.  My father, who has a machine with the same 
> properties but otherwise different hardware, has exactly the same 
> problem.  So there must be other people out there with the same 
> problem and I'm at a loss as to why nobody else seems to have noticed it.
Andre,

Check dmesg and /var/log/messages for errors related to the pcspkr 
module.  Does /etc/sysconfig/hwconf reference pcspkr?

As a workaround put modprobe pcspkr in /etc/rc.modules.  That is if F7 
still supports rc.modules.

Bob...