Console beeps / PC speaker on/off
How to turn the annoying pc-speaker beeps on and off
1. Xfree
In Xfree you can turn the PC-speaker bell on and off with the xset commands option b - manual page
Example:
xset b off
2. Console
To turn off the pc speaker on console mode use setterm with the argument blength - manual page
Example (turns it off):
setterm -blength 0
thanks to igu
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