Newer macs dont have cmos batteries anymore! https://www.mac-forums.com/threads/macbook-pro-2011-runs-perfectly-but-beeps-4-times-every-5-minutes-or-so.263174/ Sounds like software somewhere described your beeps.
any instant msg programs running? Prob some program you ran on both computers. (just info)
Does it happen with a live OS? Did you check journalctl for any errors or oddities? dmesg?
Leandros_Adigard I check journalctl but nothing immediately jumped out. Having said that, I'm probably not knowledgeable to spot everything that's relevant. Same with dmesg.
One thing my two laptops have in common is onboard Intel graphics, so I'm going to have a closer look at everything related to that next time my good friends the chirps come back
I love a good mystery but this should be simple to narrow down immediately, not necessarily simple to answer.
I understand the 5 beeps come randomly.
If you hear it thru your headphones/speakers=software
if you hold your ear close to laptop body when this happens and you suspect it's inside yr box it's hardware.
If hardware it's not always battery-related afaik, sometimes its memory and more..
and why can't it be a 'mac thing'?
you did not say you made any moves in the bios so I'm assuming you didn't.
You said on you first laptop it was 'after login.'
For your second laptop you say no more after login? Just random beeps whenever? Did you say what your new laptop was? if mac, maybe mac thing?
Like I said love a good mystery. If it's the same OS (solus?), on two laptops also running MAC, and both laptops are made by the same company then we'd be somewhere.
Then the weird part would be 'only at login' for laptop A and totally random on laptop B, re: the 5 beeps.
If your gut is saying it's a gnome thing I respect your gut. Why though?
apologies if you answered any of my random questions. i thought i read the thread thoroughly but these work-from-home days short circuit my reasoning sometimes. these random beeps would piss me off, too.
brent
The new laptop is a StarLabs MKIV.
The beeps usually come right after login (started from shutdown). Just once or twice did it happen during a session. Because of the type of beeps it's hard to pinpoint location.
It sounds like from inside of the laptop, but I could be wrong and it could just be speakers.
I wouldn't expect the beeps from a 2015 MacBook Pro to be exactly the same as those of a new StarLabs MKIV.
They have little in common as far as I can tell, apart from the Intel onboard graphics maybe.
On the Mac I had it in Pop!_OS, Manjaro and Regolith. All Gnome (Gnome/i3 mashup in case of Regolith)
On the StarLabs I have it in Manjaro (Gnome) and Solus (Budgie). No Gnome shell in Budgie but plenty of Gnome stack of course.
ycooreman ok---it was never clear these were random login beeps on both units. if that's the case it's no longer random. it's while doing a specific thing, both computers.
Now I know why you think it's a gnome/linux issue. linux on both machines.
Somehow I don't think the bios and os are talking to each other the way they need to.
It's interesting you think it's intel/nvidia related as well. you could be right. ever see that come up in your research?
It wouldn't happen to be /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/alarm-clock-elapsed.oga? In that case, you're not the only one: see StackExchange.
It's some weird shit but I'll figure it out one day. I suspected the Evolution processes for a while, even though notifications are switched off
. I'm not sure what conditions, exactly, trigger the sound. In my case, I think it happens when Evolution has a reminder for a day-long event with an unconfigured sound.