Ubuntu
module-init-tools package

  1. Bug #77010 (system-bell-everywhere)
  2. Comment #64

Comment 64 for bug 77010

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Mat Tomaszewski (mat.t.) wrote : Re: [Bug 77010] Re: Overuse of system beep without volume control

Kristopher Ives wrote:
> Beep was back with pcspkr module blacklisted and not running here on my
> Dell Inspiron 1525 (also a model that shipped with Ubuntu). Regardless
> of sound settings, such as mute (even the Alert Sound mute) in the sound
> preferences, it would emit a beep if I did a search in Firefox for
> example for something that didn't exist.
>
> My solution was to change:
>
> /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/bell_mode
>
> to "off"
>
> No longer get the beep that just about gets people evicted from their
> apartment for blasting it at 3AM, or blows out someones ear drums while
> relaxing to some music with headphones.
>
>
 I still get the beep when the battery is critically low on my Mini 9.
It's a very frustrating regression - the problem didn't exist on Hardy,
which was pre-installed, or Jaunty. I've already had to face the
embarassement a few times, when I've drawn weird looks and had to use my
machine for 20 minutes less than I could...