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I’m using Dell Inspiron 640m with Fedora installed. Every night, when I boot up my notebook, a loud beep will wake up my neighbors at the login screen and every time I make a mistake with the command I type in. I also found out that, Ubuntu users do face the same problem as well.

If you find the beep to be annoying, and let’s face it, it is very annoying!, you can disable it with a simple command and be system beep free.

How do I disable the system beep?
Execute the following commands in your terminal window :

su -l
rmmod pcspkr

How do I enable the system beep again?
Execute the following commands in your terminal window :

su -l
modprobe pcspkr

How do I permanently disable the system beep?
Execute the following commands in your terminal window :

su -l
echo "rmmod pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.conf

What is the best way to disable the system beep?
Execute the following commands in your terminal window :

su -l
echo "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

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