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

[Charlie Brune]

NoOp wrote:
> On 12/20/2008 08:21 PM, Charlie Brune wrote:
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>> NoOp wrote:
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>>> On 12/20/2008 10:57 AM, Charlie Brune wrote:
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>>>> Whenever I select the "Shut Down" menu option to turn my laptop off, my 
>>>> laptop emits a loud beep.
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
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>>> One tab to the right: System Beep
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>>> Disable & see if that works.
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>> I don't have a "System Beep" tab. I just have two: "Devices" and "Sounds".
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>> I wish I did have it. If I did, that would likely be a more 
>> straightforward solution.
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>> Regards,
>> Charlie
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> On Hardy there is that option; I don't know if it would have resolved
> your issue, the option is there. Perhaps in the future you could state
> which flavour of Ubuntu you are inquiring about - that would save some
> effort on folks that are trying to assist.
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Excellent point. My apologies.

I'm running 8.10 (Ibex).

Charlie