enable pc speaker control via beep when logged in remotely (Ubuntu 22.04)

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This will save you from going down a rather deep documentation rabbit hole:


1.) enable pcspkr driver by removing blacklist entry for pcspkr in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
2.) create user group 'beep' for controlling permissions to speaker
	sudo addgroup --system beep
3.) Add your user account to the new beep group (logout and log back in after this step)
	sudo usermod -aG beep $USER
4.) change default permissions on speaker device to allow members of group 'beep' to access speaker.
    Comment out previous entry and add the following line to /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-pcspkr-beep.rules
	ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="PC Speaker", ENV{DEVNAME}!="", GROUP="beep", MODE="0620"

5.) install beep(1) command
	sudo apt install beep

6.) reboot

Now your user account should be able to beep the speaker using beep command (even when logged in remotely)