Change File Permissions - Annoying System Beep

[Rarehunter]

Hey all,

I have looked over the web and discovered ways to disable that annoying system beep I get whenever I accidently press the backspace key to many times or move too many keys around in text editors.

I know that for a temporary fix, I simply open up Terminal and type: "sudo rmmod pcspkr"

However, for a permanent change, I need to edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add the line, "blacklist pcspkr" and save it.

However, this is where I hit a problem.

When I try to add the line "blacklist pcspkr" and save the .conf file, I get an error saying: "You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correct and try again."

My goal is to permanently turn off the system beep. However, I cannot edit my blacklist.conf file due to complications with permissions.

Can anyone help me with what I am trying to do? Thank you.

[kmitnick]

you need to run as root
use

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

and add the line

[reed9]

I feel like Ubuntu doesn't have nano installed by default? Could be wrong. But in case you run into an error, you an replace nano with the text editor of your choice. (Nano is just a command line text editor.) If you want a graphical text editor, Ubuntu has gedit installed by default. Same process:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

or alternately press ALT+F2 and type gksudo gedit, to open gedit with root permissions.

[kmitnick]

thnx reed9 for your reply
but don't worry nano is installed by default but he may face a littleeeeeeee problem with command line
so gedit is better at the moment

anyway sudo is the key word to do the trick

[egan]

Hmm, I always hated that "feature" as well. I had to blacklist it. It's not like I didn't want the beep, I just didn't want it to go off all the time. If you want to disable the beeping but not the beep itself, try:
System>Preferences>Sound>Sounds and disable "Play alert sound".

[Rarehunter]

Hmm, I always hated that "feature" as well. I had to blacklist it. It's not like I didn't want the beep, I just didn't want it to go off all the time. If you want to disable the beeping but not the beep itself, try:
System>Preferences>Sound>Sounds and disable "Play alert sound".

Egan, will doing what you suggested keep the beeping sound off, even if I reboot my machine?

[egan]

Egan, will doing what you suggested keep the beeping sound off, even if I reboot my machine?

It should. It will only stop the beeping itself not the actual device, so you can still receive a beep on the terminal when echoing a ^G character.