Written by r0g the 10 Feb 09 at 14:47.

“blacklist pcspkr”

“blacklist pcspkr”

Written by r0g the 10 Feb 09 at 14:48.

Add "set bell-style none" to the default /etc/inputrc file.

Add "set bell-style none" to the default /etc/inputrc file.

Written by kidmodify the 14 Feb 09 at 01:09.

The beep is still useful to some people.
Just Change the evil sonar beep to something that sounds better by default.
And since open source is about freedom, also give people the freedom to shut it off if they so desire.

The beep is still useful to some people. Just Change the evil sonar beep to something that sounds better by default. And since open source is about freedom, also give people the freedom to shut it off if they so desire.

Written by gerrywastaken the 22 Jun 09 at 08:38.

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This was first posted by Craig73 under http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17235/ and had 11 upvotes and 0 down before the idea was closed for being a dupe. I also felt it had many good points so added it here verbatim...
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System beeps and really any application generated sound should have more contextual control.

Examples
a) Headphones are plugged in, so why are PC Speaker sounds being generated? Re-direct beeps to the headphones.

b) Movie profile - tone down or turn off most other sounds other than those for the video player

c) Entertaining profile - tone down or turn off all sounds. Sounds like incoming VOIP calls or IMs (from certain people) could perhaps be rendered as a background sound (that in a surround sound setup sounds off in the corner / noticeable but no disruptive)

d) Silent - turn off all sounds except the most critical. Perhaps those "beeps" should be showing up as flashing notifications at this point.

==== This was first posted by Craig73 under http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17235/ and had 11 upvotes and 0 down before the idea was closed for being a dupe. I also felt it had many good points so added it here verbatim... ==== System beeps and really any application generated sound should have more contextual control. Examples a) Headphones are plugged in, so why are PC Speaker sounds being generated? Re-direct beeps to the headphones. b) Movie profile - tone down or turn off most other sounds other than those for the video player c) Entertaining profile - tone down or turn off all sounds. Sounds like incoming VOIP calls or IMs (from certain people) could perhaps be rendered as a background sound (that in a surround sound setup sounds off in the corner / noticeable but no disruptive) d) Silent - turn off all sounds except the most critical. Perhaps those "beeps" should be showing up as flashing notifications at this point.

Written by phyzome the 14 Aug 09 at 03:54.

Instead of emitting a beep, set the "window wants focus" flag on the requesting window (if available.) If the window is already focused, flash it.

Instead of emitting a beep, set the "window wants focus" flag on the requesting window (if available.) If the window is already focused, flash it.

Written by miohtama the 5 Oct 09 at 10:16.

http://www.arsgeek.com/2006/08/23/how-to-turn-off-the-annoying-system-beep-in-l inux-debianubuntu/

http://www.arsgeek.com/2006/08/23/how-to-turn-off-the-annoying-system-beep-in-linux-debianubuntu/