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I want to disable the audible terminal bell, and enable the visual terminal bell. I followed the instructions from this answer

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences audible-bell
false

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences visual-bell
true

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences visual-bell-type
'frame-flash'

but I am getting both the audible and visual bells. Likewise, disabling the terminal bell under "Sound" in preferences disables both types.

Ideas?

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Apparently, the sound is coming from Ubuntu's alert system. In Ubuntu 18.04, you need to go Setting > Sound > Sound Effects > Alert Volume > Off.

I got this answer from: Turn off error sound on Ubuntu 18.04

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A work-around until you find the perfect solution is to replace the bell sound with no sound. On my system the alert sound is found in:

/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/bell.ogg

To confirm it is the same sound you hear, use:

paplay /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/bell.ogg

Then from this answer: How to disable Alert volume from the command line?, try this:

sudo mv -v /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/*.ogg {*.disabled}

Note this disables all sounds. For just bell.ogg use

sudo mv -v /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/bell.ogg bell.ogg.disabled

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