The issue went away misteriously, and now it has come back again.
Apparently it reoccurs every few years with software updates.
I am reopening the bug report, as it was wrongly closed (see comments 6,
7).
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731985
Title:
Nautilus now makes random beeps on some navigation actions, and I
can't turn it off
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Since a recent update, Nautilus has begun to make sounds as I navigate
folders.
(1) There is NO WAY AT ALL to turn these sounds off, without turning
off also other unrelated and useful sounds, see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemsettings/+bug/1731982
Besides:
(2) Navigating through folders in a file explorer is something too common to
have sounds on by default. It's annoying. They should be DISABLED BY DEFAULT,
period. I understand there might be a handful of people in the world who may
like them (not these ones in particular, of course), but the default should be
Off.
(3) These sounds are CRAP. They don't sound like anything that you may find
in other OSes for this kind of scenario, they are too loud and bold, and they
are nothing that remotely conveys the action that is being performed. Something
reasonable would be a "click" sound, which would also be less annoying
(4) The behavior is inconsistent and stupid: When you double click on a
folder within the window to open it, it doesn't make any sound. But when you
click on an item in the "breadcrumbs" on the top of the window, then it does
make a sound. That makes no sense. Either you play sounds at all navigating
actions, or none.
I reported this upstream, but this has been their answer:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/118
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-98.121-generic 4.4.90
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-98-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Nov 13 18:34:38 2017
GsettingsChanges:
b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'190'
b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1277x824+493+148'"
b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'use-tree-view' b'true'
b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size',
'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions',
'mime_type', 'where']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (1494 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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