[F8] how to disable system beep

[Wouter Spee]

Zacharie Elcor wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Since I upgraded to F8, I'm unable to get that irritating system beep 
> disabled at startup.
> I already tried :
> - System > Preferences > Hardware > Sound > System Beep > unchecked 
> "Enable system beep"
> - added "alias pcspkr dummy" to /etc/modprobe.conf (no effect)
> 
> The only thing that works is "xset -b" but I have to do it manually in a 
> terminal each time I log in. It does not work when added to System > 
> Preferences > Personal > Sessions > Startup Programs
> When I add "xset -b" in .xsession, the X session fails with the message 
> "TERM environment variable not set"
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> --
> Zacharie
> 
Hi,

You can add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:

blacklist pcspkr

This will prevent the module from loading at boot time.

To disable the speaker temporarily (untill the next boot) you can just 
unload the module by:

sudo modprobe -r pcspkr

So using both would solve the problem immediately and perminantly.

Regards,

Wouter