I've read that some programs literally just have the ASCII 'BEL' coded into the source, so in some cases the problem may be unavoidable - I don't know enough of the technical details to recognize an appropriate solution.Īny help dividing this into specific fixes for multiple projects or identifying the best place for an overall fix would be appreciated. This is a large problem, affecting multiple packages and systems - I don't know the best way to fix it, but I do know that it is definitely an overall gnome UI issue. It would be great to have a toggle button in the system 'sound' preferences, or better yet, a volume slider for the system bell. On my laptop (recent Dell Latitude D620) the beep is incredibly loud - it is very noticeable. This can be very obtrusive in quite environments, and simply annoying in other cases.

In most other cases, there is nothing I can do to prevent the beeps. In the case of the gnome-terminal I can disable the console 'bell', but that only solves a single instance of the problem. Second of all, I can't control the volume of the beep, or disable it in all cases. Firefox has color feedback in the 'Find' bar, why do I need auditory feedback too? There are numerous other software packages that behave similarly.įirst of all, there are some cases where the beep is used inappropriately - I really *don't care* that my power cord is unplugged - in fact I unplugged it! I appreciate the technology advances that gnome-power- management has made in recent history, but I feel like I just want it to `go away' most of the time - I don't care about most of the things it informs me (besides low battery). When I tab-autocomplete in a gnome-terminal, it beeps if there are no completions. When I try to do quick find in Firefox and I type a word that doesn't exist in the document, it beeps. When I unplug my power cord, the notification system emits a system beep. System 'beeps' have become omnipresent in gnome.

Windows terminal disable bell sound