Is there a way to disable the beep on Shut Down?

Charlie Brune Ubuntu at BruneWorld.com
Sun Dec 21 04:18:20 UTC 2008


Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Saturday 20 December 2008 19:57, Charlie Brune wrote:
>   
>> Whenever I select the "Shut Down" menu option to turn my laptop off, my
>> laptop emits a loud beep.
>>
>> Is there a way to keep the beep from happening?  It's pretty loud and
>> tends to wake up anyone near me who's sleeping.
>>
>> I've already gone to the "Sound Preferences" screen and de-selected the
>> "Play Alerts and Sound Effects" option.  That doesn't stop this beep.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Charlie
>> St. Louis, MO.
>>     
>
> Hi Charlie.
>
> Try adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.
>
> install pcspkr /bin/true
>
> That should send the pcspkr module to never never land.
>
> Try it, and please post back if it works.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Nigel.
>
>   
Thanks! That did the trick.
No more beeping on shut down and other sounds/audio appear to still be 
working normally.

Regards,
Charlie




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