aptitude/apt-get makes the computer speaker beep

[meandmine]

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Wesley wrote:
> I have no idea why this is happening, I've noticed some sporadic unique
> and short beeps trough the last days, but today I ran "aptitude" and got
> scared on how many beeps my machine was making (I even thought my
> no-break was going nuts, but confirmed it was the PC and related to apt).
> 
> The beeps start right after "sudo aptitude update" or "sudo apt-get
> upgrade" (even if there's nothing to be upgraded), and ceases when I get
> the prompt back.
> 
> I tried to google this but didn't find anything relevant.
> 
> This is the beep:
> http://senduit.com/f48e34
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Wesley
> 
Go to System > Preferences > Sound and then click the System Sounds tab
and see where the sound is enabled. I only enable sound on login and logout.

If you prefer no System Beeps at all, at the System Beeps tab, uncheck
the box.

Not sure of the cli way to do it.

Scott
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