I just uninstalled Ubuntu because of this problem. I installed it this morning, and had been using it in my university classes. I hit backspace too many times and got some scary loud beeps, despite volume being muted. I Googled for advice, and was advised to destroy my PC speaker physically. Some more digging revealed a possible manual change to some configuration file to turn off the beeps. I did the change, and hit Reboot. When shutting down, I got about 10 rapid high-pitched outrageously-loud beeps. Lecture stopped as everyone looked at me for a few seconds in disgust.
I will not boot into that installation of Ubuntu ever, ever again. I'll be back in a few versions, but you can bet I'll be installing it and testing it in a place where loud noises are OK. Turn off all system beeps, completely, period, every time, all the time, or I'll never be back. (Also, this form submission didn't work in Google Chrome) -- Overuse of system beep without volume control https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/77010 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
