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    Turn off (mute) system beep

    For anyone with a laptop who works in a library or other quiet area, system beeps every time you press the backspace key one too many times, or just using emacs, can be quite disturbing.

    To shut them off:
    open an xterm or terminal, and enter the two lines
    Code:
    xset b off
    xset b 0 0 0
    Hope this helps.

    note: this does not work if run before X. To have it run as default, you can place it in your .xinitrc before the windowmanager. If you're using Gnome or KDE, it is probably easier to just turn off the "System Bell" or set it to "Visable Only" in your respective settings manager.
    Last edited by WolfJay_83; April 2nd, 2007 at 04:58 PM. Reason: Added clarification note
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    Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    Quote Originally Posted by WolfJay_83
    For anyone with a laptop who works in a library or other quiet area, system beeps every time you press the backspace key one too many times, or just using emacs, can be quite disturbing.

    To shut them off:
    open an xterm or terminal, and enter the two lines
    Code:
    xset b off
    xset b 0 0 0
    Hope this helps.
    will this disable it permanently, or do i need to run this every time i boot up?
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    Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    I've always just unplugged the internal speaker all together. I guess this solution is a little less drastic.

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    Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    It appears to turn it off temporarily (I've been using it just when in the library). I suppose if you put it in a script to be run on bootup, you could make it perminent. I will have to put together instructions when I do that myself.

    note: its kindof hard to disconnect the pc speaker in a laptop. Also, on a PC, if your video or ram gets messed up, you won't know whats going on on bootup without the post beep.

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    Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    You can disable system bell if in the Terminal you go to Edit->Current Profile->General and uncheck the Terminal Bell
    Or in the Configuration editor go to apps->Gnome-Terminal->Profiles->default check silent Bell.

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    Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    wouldn't do any good for console beep.
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    Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    Alternatively, (in gnome) you can change the System>Preferences>Sound>System Bell setting to either off or to a visual alert. I like the visual alert, which will invert the colors of the application frame briefly. This is a strong option because:
    it allows beeps pre-Gnome, so I know if anything goes awry
    I don't find the flashing border obnoxious
    The information is still presented, just in case.

    This definately changes terminal and emacs beeps.

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    Wink Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    Put a strip of tape over the internal speaker, then you get a muted beep

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    Talking Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    Quote Originally Posted by WolfJay_83
    For anyone with a laptop who works in a library or other quiet area, system beeps every time you press the backspace key one too many times, or just using emacs, can be quite disturbing.

    To shut them off:
    open an xterm or terminal, and enter the two lines
    Code:
    xset b off
    xset b 0 0 0
    Hope this helps.
    Many thanks! works like a charm.

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    Re: Turn off (mute) system beep

    Do not unplug your internal speaker or make boot scripts

    Edit the .inputrc file in your home directory (create it if needed) and add the line

    Code:
    set bell-style visible
    this will replace the beep by a flashing screen. You can replace 'visible' by 'none' to get nothing at all.

    You can also add (or uncomment) this line in the general /etc/inputrc file to set the bell-style for all users (overriden in ~/.inputrc).

    You have to log out to enable this setting.

    PS: this also works in xterm/konsole/gnome-terminal
    Last edited by geofs; April 16th, 2006 at 01:04 AM.

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