I newly installed xfce on Arch Linux. xfce makes a beep noise every time I press the delete button or backspace, which is really annoying. How can I disable this?
I tried un-commenting set bell-style none, but that didn't work.
5 Answers
To disable the bell for all X applications:
xset b off
answered Aug 28, 2015 at 0:41
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This works fine. Although after rebooting I have to redo it. Is there a way to permanently disable it?– mathApr 9, 2018 at 8:36
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If you are using a preinstalled XFCE instance you can add it in Session and Startup as well. Nov 5, 2021 at 14:42
Go to SETTINGS → SESSION → STARTUP, button ADD, type: name "beep" and in last field type "xset b off".
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In Settings -> Session and Startup there is no "Startup" section. There is a Settings -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart -> Add button... is that what you are referring to?– AlcamtarMay 30, 2020 at 14:50
This Arch Wiki page lists all the options to disable PC speaker (beep) very nicely: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PC_speaker
For instance, as mentioned by @SauceMcBoss, you can set:
xset -b
(or xset b off) to disable it in Xorg (which will solve your problem). To make the change permanent, add this line to either your .xinitrc or xprofile file.
Or, to disable the PC speaker globally within one session, the pcspkr kernel module can be unloaded with:
rmmod pcspkr
To prevent its loading by udev at boot, you can blacklist it in a .conf file in /etc/modprobe.d/. For instance:
echo "blacklist pcspkr" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
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1A bit late to this party, but beware of running the last
echocommand if you have already blacklisted modules (i.e. you already have a/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conffile). I'd suggest appending, withecho "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.confor since you need to be root to edit that file,echo "blacklist pcspkr" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.confAug 16, 2022 at 9:08 -
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I've tried every single thing in this article, and more, and none of them worked. Sure some disabled the system beep for the terminal application, but all of the OS-related beeps were still on.
What finally worked? Finding and renaming the dang sound file (and logging out and back in of my X session).
/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/bell.ogg
I renamed the above to "bell2.ogg".
Now I can use my computer without wanting to flip my desk over.
Who the hell thought a super loud beep every time you pressed a key was a good idea? It's like some sort of weird psychological torture.
Note, this will probably revert itself if the ubuntu-sounds package requires an upgrade, and you'll need to re-move the file off.
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This also is the sound I am hearing, but I rather would like to know which component starts this and deactivate on the root. Do you haven an idea, where this is started? Nov 20, 2022 at 8:08
In XFCE, similar to this answer, you can disable the bell on XFCE login like this:
cat <<EOF > ~/.config/autostart/beep.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.9.4
Type=Application
Name=beep
Comment=
Exec=DISPLAY=:10 xset b off
OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
RunHook=0
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false
EOF
Tested on Debian 11 Bullseye with XFCE4. Also works over RDP connections using FreeRDP (the DISPLAY=:10 env variable is set because of that, if you use the default X display, then you don't need it).
P.S. I really hope XFCE and other window manager maintainers come to their senses and introduce a sensible default, namely to disable this terrible system bell because it's such a nuissance and annoynace you wouldn't believe. It's extremely annoying and can literally scare small babies and even grownups. Please get rid of this bell.
~/.inputrcafter uncommentingset bell-style none(reload command:bind -f ~/.inputrc)? If yes, then try one of the mentioned methods. E.g. by unloadingpcspkrmodule:rmmod pcspkror byxset b off.