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Some programs are about to make me epileptic with excessive screen flashing/blinking (terminator etc.). In Ubuntu Hardy Heron I could solve the problem by unchecking System->Preferences->Sound->System Beep->Visual system beep. However on Karmic Koala there is no such option. I googled and found many solutions for turning off visual beep/bell. However nothing seems to work. So my question is that what is the exact alternative to disable Visual system beep on Karmic?

user19725
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Try running:

gconf-editor &

and navigate to:

/apps/compiz/plugins/fade/screen0/options/visual_bell
/apps/compiz/plugins/fade/screen0/options/fullscreen_visual_bell
/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell_type
/apps/metacity/general/visual_bell

and see how they're set.

Also, some apps (e.g. screen) have their own controls for the visual bell.

Dennis Williamson
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  • Those are not set. So unfortunately no clue here :(. So far my only hope is to run older Ubuntu versions. – user19725 Apr 07 '10 at 06:29
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It might be that my question was obsolete. I could repeat the problem with 9.04 and 9.10. With 8.04 and 10.04 there is no problem.

user19725
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Maybe the problem is the module pcspkr

check if the module is loaded

 lsmod | grep pcspkr

if its loaded you can unload it with

 sudo rmmod pcspkr

if the annoying beeps disappear you have to blacklist the module: Add the line 

 blacklist pcspkr

to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf if it exists. I do not know how ubuntu 9.04 or 9.10 do store the blacklisted modules.

grub
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  • ha I didn't read your last entry ;-) in Ubuntu 10.4 the pcspkr mod is blacklisted per default and in my case it's not even installed – grub Jun 14 '10 at 19:51
  • Thanks, I thought I had pcspkr disabled already, but probably wasn't. Also you pointed out pcsprk being blacklisted in the latest ubuntu. – user19725 Jun 16 '10 at 05:27