hi.
not sure if this has been answered yet, but this works for me:
( for inclusion in ~/.bashrc )
echo -e "\\33[10;20]"
the '-e' has something to do with getting bash to
understand escape-sequences such as the
\\33 apparently indicates.
( 33 is the numeric id for ASCII 'ESC' )
the '10' is a part of the escape-sequence that
specifies something like 'bell volume' or,
more likely, 'bell frequency' ( in hertz, Hz) .
the '20' is an out-of-range frequency ,
so it disables the bell.
...that explanation is coming from a fuzzy memory of it, and might not
be 100% right, but hopefully the command will work regardless.
& this doesn't seem to disable the bell under x-windows, but it should
work for the console.
-- s.c.
