The Quick Solution For Disabling The Start Up And The Login Sound In Ubuntu

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