On Sunday 16 December 2007 13:27, Zacharie Elcor wrote: > Hi all, > > Since I upgraded to F8, I'm unable to get that irritating system beep > disabled at startup. > I already tried : > - System > Preferences > Hardware > Sound > System Beep > unchecked "Enable > system beep" > - added "alias pcspkr dummy" to /etc/modprobe.conf (no effect) > > The only thing that works is "xset -b" but I have to do it manually in a > terminal each time I log in. It does not work when added to System > > Preferences > Personal > Sessions > Startup Programs > When I add "xset -b" in .xsession, the X session fails with the message > "TERM environment variable not set" > > Thanks for any help > > -- > Zacharie If you mean the annoying beep when the login screen comes up, I've just fixed that by adding the following to /etc/modprobe.conf on F8. install pcspkr /bin/true See the man page for true. It's a bit sparce, but gives you the general idea. Nigel.
