Disable internal PC speaker?

[Andy Green]

Stephen Croll wrote:

> I'd like to have it disabled globally, rather than figuring out the
> specifics of how to disable it on multiple different user/desktop/vt
> combinations.
> 
> Also, not that it really matters that much, but I imagine the pcspkr
> kernel module consumes some amount of memory.  No reason to have it
> eat memory, particularly since I never intend to use it.

Good way to ensure a module isn't going to ruin your day: edit 
/etc/modprobe.conf and add a line

install evilmodule /bin/true

where evilmodule is pcspkr in this case.  Subsequently modprobe will be 
unable to place it into the kernel, running /bin/true instead and 
thinking that all went well.

-Andy