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ixefce

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How to mute all system signal sounds using the terminal?

Hello! I need to disable all system signal sounds - even critical notification. I cannot find information searching the www.

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: How to mute all system signal sounds using the terminal?

If you are referring to system sound effects, you can toggle them on and off via:

xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds -T

If you are referring to system beeps, you can disable them by unloading the pcskpr module:

sudo rmmod pcspkr

...and more info about the module here.

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