Fedora 16 , ubuntu 11.10 , linux mint 12 : turn off beep sound

[ Fedora ]

edit the following files

- .xsession

[root@fc16 ~]# cat ~/.xsession xset b off

- .inputrc

[root@fc16 ~]# cat ~/.inputrc set bell-style none

or add the above line in /etc/inputrc

[root@fc16 ~]# egrep ^"set bell" /etc/inputrc set bell-style none

- .vim

[root@fc16 ~]# cat ~/.vimrc set vb

then reboot OS.

[ Ubuntu 11.10 , Linux Mint 12 ]

modprobe -r pcspkr

add the following line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

blacklist pcspkr