In this article I will show you a quick and dirty way for disable the startup sound and the login sound, in Ubuntu.
This trick does not disable the sounds, but renames the two audio files that have to play, in the two situations.
The startup sound file is: /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg
The login sound file is: /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg
Bonus, the logout sound file is: /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-logout.ogg
Disable the start up sound:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg{,.old}
Disable the login sound:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg{,.old}
Bonus, disable the logout sound:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-logout.ogg{,.old}
If you do not understand the { } trick, read this article.
Re-enable the startup sound:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg.old /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg
Re-enable the login sound:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg.old /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg
Bonus, re-enable the logout sound:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-logout.ogg.old /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-logout.ogg
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