Disable the “beep” in Ubuntu 9.04

Hate the beep? Here’s how to get rid of it.

Login as “root” and run the command below.

echo "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Output;

root@pandora:/etc/modprobe.d# echo "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
root@pandora:/etc/modprobe.d# cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf | grep pcspkr
blacklist pcspkr

7 Responses to “Disable the “beep” in Ubuntu 9.04”

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1. Abhishek Anand says:

   May 29, 2009 at 4:31 pm

   It works! Thanks a lot

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2. Shorty says:

   June 10, 2009 at 12:01 am

   Who thought making that beep a default was a good idea??

   Thanks for the instructions, worked great!!

   Reply
3. Kostakis says:

   June 18, 2009 at 4:13 pm

   I get an error:
   bash: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: Permission denied
   Even when I use sudo first… Any ideas?

   Reply
4. Danesh says:

   June 19, 2009 at 12:14 am

   Kostakis,

   Try getting into root first by running “sudo su -”, then while in root edit the blacklist file.
   tell me if it worked

   Reply
5. Kostakis says:

   June 19, 2009 at 5:24 am

   Yes, it worked perfectly. Thanks for helping a Linux newbie

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6. Danesh says:

   June 19, 2009 at 10:42 am

   No worries, glad to help

   Reply
7. Nils Thorell says:

   July 6, 2009 at 1:14 pm

   I also want to know why somebody thought we wanted this annoying beep?
   I must be some child programmer, right? It is very annoying waking up other people when working in the night!

   Reply