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Since I've upgraded my xubuntu to 17.04 (via the do-release-upgrade), I get a plopping sound for a lot of "impossible" actions. It's system-wide and very annoying and I want to get rid of it. No sound settings even EXIST in the system-settings.

Here are some examples when the sound goes off:

  • when I press the left arrow at the beginning of a line in any text editor
  • in Vimperator, when I accidentally try to follow a non-existent link (using the 'f' key)

I can't think of anything else, but this is enough to drive me nuts; it might give you an idea.

Help very much appreciated. Thanks, p

petz
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  • It made me think you have event messages enabled. Have a look at: https://askubuntu.com/questions/460368/can-system-event-sounds-be-assigned-in-ubuntu-14-04-rather-than-the-default-sys –  May 03 '17 at 11:14
  • you were right, they were on. but turning them off didn't change anything. – petz May 03 '17 at 11:46
  • Another thought came to mind. In a far away past, when we still used good old VT100's and the likes, we would enable the `errorbells` option in `vi` that either gave a beep or flashed the screen when hitting left-arrow when at the beginning of a line. Not sure this is helpful, otherwise I unfortunately have no clue what is causing the behavior. I am keen to learn the solution though... –  May 03 '17 at 14:58
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    Your issue is still bugging me... I installed 17.04 as a VM and I too get a plopping sound in the Terminal. Yet, I can turn it off by right-clicking in the top/title line -> Terminal -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Edit (Unnamed is selected) -> untick Terminal bell -> Close. –  May 03 '17 at 15:42
  • ok, I don't get it in the terminal. But I do get it in xterm. And I don't get it in vim. – petz May 03 '17 at 18:37
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    In xterm `xset b off` –  May 03 '17 at 18:55
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    weird: that worked. I can't find a local solution for thunar though. – petz May 03 '17 at 19:46
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    aw snap! I indeed hear the plop in Thunar when I delete a file but like you am unable to find where to turn it off. Sorry... –  May 03 '17 at 20:26

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