Public bug reported:
System 'beeps' have become omnipresent in gnome. When I unplug my
power cord, the notification system emits a system beep. When I try to
do quick find in Firefox and I type a word that doesn't exist in the
document, it beeps. When I tab-autocomplete in a gnome-terminal, it
beeps if there are no completions. There are numerous other software
packages that behave similarly.
This is a problem for multiple reasons.
First of all, there are some cases where the beep is used
inappropriately -- I really *don't care* that my power cord is unplugged
- in fact I unplugged it! I appreciate the technology advances that
gnome-power-management has made in recent history, but I feel like I
just want it to `go away' most of the time - I don't care about most of
the things it informs me (besides low battery). Firefox has color
feedback in the "Find" bar, why do I need auditory feedback too?
Second of all, I can't control the volume of the beep, or disable it in
all cases. In the case of the gnome-terminal I can disable the console
"bell", but that only solves a single instance of the problem. In most
other cases, there is nothing I can do to prevent the beeps. This can
be very obtrusive in quite environments, and simply annoying in other
cases. On my laptop (recent Dell Latitude D620) the beep is incredibly
loud - it is very noticeable. It would be great to have a toggle button
in the system "sound" preferences, or better yet, a volume slider for
the system bell.
This is a large problem, affecting multiple packages and systems - I
don't know the best way to fix it, but I do know that it is definitely
an overall gnome UI issue. I've read that some programs literally just
have the ASCII "BEL" coded into the source, so in some cases the problem
may be unavoidable - I don't know enough of the technical details to
recognize an appropriate solution.
Any help dividing this into specific fixes for multiple projects or
identifying the best place for an overall fix would be appreciated.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Overuse of system beep without volume control
https://launchpad.net/bugs/77010
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