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In linux echo -e '\a' is one way you can alert the user with a beep.

  • But if it isn't working how to enable or diagnose it?
  • And if it is working how's the best way to quiet it.

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It's much easier to disable. Getting the beep to work can be harder.

Here are some things to look at.

  • If using GNOME Terminal, Menu> Edit> Profile preferences> Terminal bell check box.
  • If using GNOME ALSA Mixer under the tab for your sound driver> Beep column> check or uncheck the Mute box and set volume. (You might first have to show the Beep column with Menu> Edit> Sound Card Properties.)

For me (a notebook running Debian Stretch) these don't seem to matter:

  • set prefer-visible-bell on
  • set prefer-visible-bell off
  • sudo modprobe -r pcspkr
  • sudo modprobe pcspkr
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  • This answer is wrong BECAUSE: The TERMINAL bell doesn't use ALSA or any other "sound system" as it doesn't use the system speakers. It's just a type of buzzer attached to the motherboard. And THAT is what the question actually asks to turn off.
    – Richard T
    Commented Oct 23, 2023 at 19:25
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I had some issues turning off the bell in xterm, to fully eliminate the sound on my system, Fedora 30, I replaced the in use alarm sound in /usr/share/sounds/gnome/default/alerts by an .ogg file with no sound.

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