How to disable system beep for non-privileged user
For beeps generated in your shell (which seem to be the most annoying ones), add this to "~/.inputrc":
set bell-style none
Note that this is not terminal- but host-specific. That means that when you log in to another computer via ssh
where this isn't set, the beep is back. (I tested on Fedora)
There's various levels at which beeps can be controlled by the user. Here's some I'm aware of:
APPLICATION LEVEL
export LESS="$LESS"' -q'
- adds -q to the default options forless
so it doesn't ring the bell (eg. when trying to scroll past the end of a file)echo 'set bell-style none' >> ~/.inputrc
- disables bell for all applications usingreadline
(restart your terminal to see effect)
TERMINAL LEVEL
xterm -vb
- enables "visual bell", which flashes the terminal window instead of making an audible noise. You can addxterm*visualBell: true
to your X resources (~/.Xdefaults
) to change the default. Most terminal emulators include a similar option.
X SERVER LEVEL
xset b off
- disables X server bell
MACHINE LEVEL?
alsamixer
- mute or turn down theSpeaker
andBell
channels
In my case muting the ALSA channels didn't help - I still got a bell sometimes from the builtin speaker (even with headphones plugged in). But disabling the X server bell got rid of it.