Ubuntu/ Linux: How to permanently turn off the annoying system bell (beep)
Thursday, December 4th, 2008You know what I mean … that loud loud beep that almost knocks you out whenever you type a non-available keyboard shortcut in Emacs.
For immediate relief (this will not persist through a reboot):
sudo modprobe -r pcspkr
For permanent relief, edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add the line:
blacklist pcspkr
Addendum
On my Lenovo Thinkpad X41, there was still an [...]