Beep off!

X11 · 04-17-2002, 01:20 AM

Just a simple question is there any way to switch off the sometimes annoying beep at the bash prompt. eg. when you get to the end of a page or somthing like that.

NOTE: This is not a laptop/notebook so there is no special key to toggle the beeping noise on or off.

acid_kewpie · 04-17-2002, 04:14 AM

edit /etc/termcap, find the linux onsole definition and remove the bl=^G entry or maybe replace it with bl=\E7\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E8: which should make the screen flash instead. alledgely you can also add "set bell-style none" in your .bashrc, but that doesn't do anything for me

Half_Elf · 04-17-2002, 08:54 AM

Well you can also turn off your pc speaker (unplug it!) but I don't think you have external speaker on your laptop.

jatimon · 04-17-2002, 02:53 PM

while editing the termcap is the best way.

you can also hold down ctrl and press the middle mouse button while the pointer is over the xterm (or whatever term) window and choose visual bell.

the termcap is better since it will premanece between sessions

X11 · 04-17-2002, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jatimon
while editing the termcap is the best way.

you can also hold down ctrl and press the middle mouse button while the pointer is over the xterm (or whatever term) window and choose visual bell.

the termcap is better since it will premanece between sessions

Thanks, for the tip by this pure console mode, no X (GUI).

X11 · 04-17-2002, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
edit /etc/termcap, find the linux console definition and remove the bl=^G entry or maybe replace it with bl=\E7\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E8: which should make the screen flash instead. alledgely you can also add "set bell-style none" in your .bashrc, but that doesn't do anything for me

Thanks for that acid_kewpie, I'll try that. I guess the screen flashes are better having the computer beeping at ya.

ngomong · 04-18-2002, 11:17 PM

After editing /etc/termcap, is there a way to have the changes take effect without restarting?

sp_juliano · 11-16-2006, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X11

Just a simple question is there any way to switch off the sometimes annoying beep at the bash prompt. eg. when you get to the end of a page or somthing like that.

NOTE: This is not a laptop/notebook so there is no special key to toggle the beeping noise on or off.

setterm -blength 0

ygloo · 11-16-2006, 08:56 AM

edit /etc/inputrc:

set bell-style none

jhingman · 07-17-2008, 11:08 AM

Another simple solution is to blacklist the particular module that makes the system beep. You can either go into the file
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
and add the line: "blacklist pcspkr", or if you want to implement it live simply run the commmand "modprobe -r pcspkr" as root, and the beeps will be gone. This also disables beeps across the whole system, regardless of who's logged in, which I like because I login as many different users on my systems for different reasons.