How to disable Alert Sound

[satimis]

Hi all,

Ubuntu 20.04

For unknown cause the "sound alert" is suddenly on. Whenever I type on keyboard or moving the mouse pointer the "alert sound" plays. It is very strange to me.

On Terminal running;
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.sound event-sounds false

unable to solve the problem

On Settings -> Sound -> Alert Sound

there is no place to disable it.

Please help.

Regards

[cmcanulty]

in Xubuntu click on
speaker icon-audio settings-mixer-playback-system sounds
and pull slider to zero maybe there's a similar setting in ubuntu

[satimis]

in Xubuntu click on
speaker icon-audio settings-mixer-playback-system sounds
and pull slider to zero maybe there's a similar setting in ubuntu

Hi,

Thanks for your advice.

On speaker icon (on the right corner of top bar) I can pull the slider to zero then the alert sound stops. But on playing online video there is no sound. If pulling the slider to the right the sound of video and alter sound come out together. It is very funny to me.

I don't know how this happen? I haven't altered any setting on Ubuntu 20.04

Regards

[Dennis N]

The slider of the speaker icon on the top bar is not the right place.

Open Settings > Sound
In Volume Levels Section on right pane, click the speaker icon at the right of the System Sounds slider. That will mute the system sounds only.

[cmcanulty]

the key is to just set "system sounds" to zero and leave other sounds alone. I am not sure where system sounds is on Ubuntu

[satimis]

The slider of the speaker icon on the top bar is not the right place.

Open Settings > Sound
In Volume Levels Section on right pane, click the speaker icon at the right of the System Sounds slider. That will mute the system sounds only.

Thanks for your advice.

-> Volume Levels -> System Sounds
I couldn't select any item there. It is very strange to me?

Regards

[satimis]

the key is to just set "system sounds" to zero and leave other sounds alone. I am not sure where system sounds is on Ubuntu

Hi.

Settings -> Volume Level
System Sounds

But I couldn't select this item. The O icon greyout

[satimis]

This is my first time encountering this strange thing. When I type it will spell the character which I type. When I move the mouse pointer over an item e.g. Setting/lock/ etc. it will sound Setting/lock/

When I hit Return key it will sound return. Do I need to reinstall Ubuntu 20.04?

Regards

[ajgreeny]

It sounds as if you have somehow enabled the facilities that are available for those with restricted or loss of eyesight.

I'm not on my Xubuntu box at present so can not look to see what exactly it is called or how to disable it but I think you'll find it somewhere in the system settings maybe in some extra Accessibility setting.

[satimis]

It sounds as if you have somehow enabled the facilities that are available for those with restricted or loss of eyesight.

I'm not on my Xubuntu box at present so can not look to see what exactly it is called or how to disable it but I think you'll find it somewhere in the system settings maybe in some extra Accessibility setting.

Check all items under Settings. It seems to me no item relevant.

However
-> Sound
on the right column
Volume Levels
I can't adjust the level on all items. However there are 2 "speech-dispat..." items and 2 VirtualBox items