Turning off the system beep?

troyyy · 12-13-2006, 06:20 AM

hey im trying to figure out how to turn off the system beep when i tab-complete and when you backspace too far etc. ive never had this problem before until recently. im using Arch Linux

budword · 12-13-2006, 06:30 AM

Are you using KDE or another desktop ? If you are using KDE you can change things like this in system settings. It's under sound/multi-media then system notifications, then you'll have to hunt a bit. It's hard to say with the lack of info in your question. More info is always better.

Good luck...

David

introuble · 12-13-2006, 07:30 AM

Code:

echo "setterm -blength 0 >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile

troyyy · 12-13-2006, 04:57 PM

this is something that happens in and out of a GUI but im currently using xfce4. also i tried that code exactly as you put it and it didnt work :\