KSnapshot beeps on every screen dump

[tdn]

Every time a screen dump is captured with KSnapshot, a very annoying PC speaker beep is heard.

Steps to reproduce:
1: Open KSnapshot and set capture mode to full screen and delay to 1 sec.
2: Click New Snapshot.
3: Wait 1 second and listen.
4: A very annoying beep sounds.

I have no idea why this beeping has been implemented. I cannot see how it could be useful for anyone. And it is extremely annoying if you have to take a lot of screen dumps (e.g. for software user manuals and the like).

Fix:
The beep should be removed or at least an easy method of disabling the beep should be provided.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

This beeping is not generated by ksnapshot nor KDE, but rather caused by the kernel/pc speaker driver reacting to a special signal. Either try turning it off in your PC's BIOS or blacklist the appropriate pc speaker driver (Google usually helps with finding out what the driver is called).

[tdn (spam-thomasdamgaard)]

Well, even though the beeping is not caused directly by KSnapShot, but caused by a driver, it is still KSnapShot sending the signal that causes the beep, right?
Then there should be an option to make KSnapShot not send this signal.