I thought I was experiencing this problem, but all I had to do was modprobe pcspkr and then beep works without specifying device or any other arguments.
Ubuntu 10.04 64bit -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144022 Title: The command 'beep' does not produce a sound -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs