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Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down



On Fri, 2011-07-08 at 18:31 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Did you test if there will be no beep after removing the driver for this
> PC beep thingy? Removing it might disable the terminal bell and some
> notification beeps. I guess here it isn't loaded by default, but IIRC
> the BIOS anyway gives information by beeps.
> 
> modprobe -r pcspkr
> 
> I don't like desktop sample sounds, but sometimes a beep by this beep
> thingy can be useful. If I should enable beeps and it should be to loud
> and there shouldn't be a way to make it silent by software, I would use
> some heat resistant fabric to cover this beep thingy.

I dunno laptops, but for PCs this beep thingy can be disconnected
easily. OT: I had to ´tweak´ the connectors for the PC tower's LEDs when
I switched the mobo.


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