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Disable the drum beat sound in Ubuntu

If you are like me and do not like the Ubuntu login sound, here's a quick tip on how to disable it.

For 12.04 (LightDM)

You can simply remove the login sound by overriding the Unity Greeter.

sudo vi /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/50_unity-greeter.gschema.override

Add these lines:

[com.canonical.unity-greeter]
play-ready-sound = false

Save the file and compile it:

sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/

Next time you reboot, the sound will be disabled.

For all other versions

All the sounds can be disabled by changing the file name:

Disable the login sound:
sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg.old
sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg.old