[SOLVED] Disabling pc speaker beep

amarsh · 2012-02-27 15:42:05

Since updating last week, my pc speaker on my netbook has begun beeping on boot when dbus is activated and after boot when scrolling too far unless I use xset -b. I would like to disable the pc speaker as on my netbook it is very loud and distracting.

I have already tried blacklisting the pcspkr and pcsp modules. After the beep happened on boot I tried rmmod to remove the modules manually, but it stated that neither was loaded.

I have no idea how my pc speaker is still working. Is there another module I need to blacklist?

Edit: The solution was to mute the beep in alsamixer, simply setting the sound level of the beep to 0 did not solve the issue.

Last edited by amarsh (2012-02-27 16:18:59)

Gusar · 2012-02-27 15:47:13

On mobile computers, the beep goes through the sound card. Alsamixer should have a beep slider that you can mute.

keen90 · 2012-02-27 16:13:14

sorry should have read your post... (I wanted to suggest xset b 0)

Last edited by keen90 (2012-02-27 16:16:02)

amarsh · 2012-02-27 16:14:39

Thank you Gusar, I had already set the sound level of the beep to zero in alsamixer but that did not stop the beeping. Muting it however did stop it. I assume that muting and setting the sound level to zero are different in some way, and that the beep is not affected by changing it's sound level.

And Keen90 I already had that set in my xstart but it could not stop the beep from happening on boot, before X was loaded.

Last edited by amarsh (2012-02-27 16:16:12)

Gusar · 2012-02-27 16:29:37

Actually, the beep *is* affected by the slider. Set it to full... and cover your ears . Yeah, you'd think that setting the slider to zero would effectively mute the beep, but not the case here.

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#1 2012-02-27 15:42:05

[SOLVED] Disabling pc speaker beep

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