Disable Your PC Speaker in Ubuntu

My Ubuntu install stays fairly close to the system defaults, but I can't stand the PC speaker beep. I got the basic steps from K. Mandla's blog and I recreated them here so I can keep track of them.

Disable the PC Speaker

To disable the PC speaker, open a terminal and run the following command.

# sudo rmmod pcspkr

Blacklist the PC Speaker

To prevent the pcspkr module from loading at boot time, edit the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file and add the following line anywhere in the file:

blacklist pcspkr

This was posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 at 16:34. It is filed under Ubuntu.
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