<div>I found out it was the bios warning for CPU temperature, how stupid is that... interesting how aptitude would be the trigger to that.</div> Wesley <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:51 AM, meandmine <<a href="mailto:redhowlingwolves@nc.rr.com">redhowlingwolves@nc.rr.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 <div><div></div><div class="h5"> 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: > <a href="http://senduit.com/f48e34" target="_blank">http://senduit.com/f48e34</a> > > > > > Wesley > </div></div>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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/" target="_blank">http://enigmail.mozdev.org/</a> iQEVAwUBStQxnqSvjvL7s/z0AQLFzwf+OFC8JmLEe+MTVufw0hfEKQ6tErXNb/Da LIOejBV7mxOTqv+N6z9+Ig/pgU9QNt466PMApnnq4HwmmecXLOLazsUbDyCdYbPC /1iRAsjdjkbcEcXhgpLnTiy6MJaUxtkl6Wr8bfPIn27DQtDYCd2cikPozkoyDB+N 15HcV/DhMUz2+puu3/HK5Djf6RM9j+uWfsUWjQoFRmY8VqM5VVdTX5zpqt4EBX6i 9T04vPB4KGvqa7uMhOKnX/PvbJolnge451kUFLnpH0tSWLW+oHx6iL6yvyb2kE1e TUXQrJGgQRKnSPnqFifKXD0LZZR7qBg2qGxPld5c8F2VQiFAAlu7JQ== =nfwc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>