Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Disable pc speaker (Debian)

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

To disbale the PC speaker, just blacklist the module pcspkr
echo “blacklist pcspkr” >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
rmmod pcpskr

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Ubuntu (jaunty): enable sound through D-Port replicator

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

I have a Dell Latitude D620 and a D-Port replicator and had never succeeded in getting the sound jack on the dock to work. I found a solution on Ubuntu forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=80193
Its quite simple. You just have to enable IEC958

Open Volume control
If you dont see the “Switches” tab:
Click Preferences and check “IEC958″
Open the Switches tab [...]

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