I use Nautilus to explore my files. I use a Debian-based OS with KDE Plasma 5.
I use the keyboard a lot. When I press the key up when navigating files, if I'm already at the extremity of the list of files, Nautilus sends a big system beep which I will hear at 100% volume through my headphones. My reaction is comparable to getting electrified.
I have placed the following lines in ~/.bashrc
for the sudo (root) user and for my regular desktop user:
# Turn off system beep in console:
xset b off
xset b 0 0 0
However, despite the beep going away from some places in the OS (such as erasing an empty line in the gnome-terminal), it's still in Nautilus. I believe it's because Nautilus doesn't source any of the .bashrc
or because it ignores the xset
commands.
How do I fix this?
What I need might be at a deeper level than the .bashrc
, some file that is executed by everything, but which can still control the sound. Otherwise, disabling the sound another way or replacing it could be interesting.
Best Answer
I do not know what sound KDE does, but if you mean system beep, just disable loading of the
pcspkr
module. As root do:rmmod pcspkr ; echo "blacklist pcspkr" >>/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf