[NTLUG:Discuss] Keyboard beeps with SuSE 9.1

[Terry Henderson]

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:19:05 -0600, David I S Mandala <davidm at them.com> wrote:
> A more correct statement would be it presents itself when X is in use,
> and from what we know it appears that it is not display driver specific.
> However I wonder what version of X SuSE 9.1 is using? 9.2 is using a
> version from x.org
>
> Vendor string is: The X.org Foundation
> Vendor Release number is: 60,801,000
> Version Number 11.0
>
> While I agree it would be nicer if nvidia open sourced their driver I
> would be reluctant to jump all over it until we can prove that is the
> source of the problem.
>
> What one of us should try the next time it happens is plugging in a USB
> keyboard when it happens, and see if the problem is cleared, or
> continues to exist, or if the USB keyboard works and the PS2 continues
> to not work. That would provide some interesting info.
>
> Remember X adds it's own keyboard handling so that could be the problem
> all by itself.
>
> Cheers,
>

Ok.
But at any rate, we need a solution, (change something), (process of
elimination.)
[First] I would try swithcihng driver or version of driver.
i.e.
If you're using "nvidia" driver I'd switch to "nv"
or
If your using "nv"  I'd switch to "nvidia".