I'm not sure why someone told you to check
controlcenter-> sound & multimedia -> soundsystem
when it should be
controlcenter-> sound & multimedia -> system notification
Go there and there are drop down menus right in the middle allowing you to turn off all sounds. Also, if you doink around in there, it's pretty obvious what to do...
[code:1]dracco@epitaph ~ $ pstree
init-+-6*[agetty]
|-crond
|-cupsd
|-devfsd
|-events/0-+-aio/0
| |-kacpid
| |-kblockd/0
| |-khelper
| |-netlink/0
| |-2*[pdflush]
| |-reiserfs/0
| `-rpciod/0
|-gconfd-2
|-kdeinit-+-artsd
| |-2*[kdeinit]
| `-kdeinit---kdeinit
|-7*[kdeinit]
|-kdeinit-+-sh---gaim
| `-sh---superkaramba-+-firefox---firefox-bin---firefox-bin---3*[firefox-bin]
| |-konsole---bash---pstree
| `-xchat-2
|-kdm-+-X
| `-kdm---KDE-3.3.0---startkde---kwrapper
|-khpsbpkt
|-khubd
|-kmail
|-knodemgrd_0
|-knodemgrd_1
|-kseriod
|-ksoftirqd/0
|-kswapd0
|-lisa
|-lockd
|-metalog---metalog
|-portmap
|-scsi_eh_0
|-scsi_eh_1
`-xmms---xmms---3*[xmms][/code:1]
As you can see from my pstree, there is no "sound daemon".
Another place to check is the file ~/.kde/share/config/knotifyrc[code:1]dracco@epitaph ~ $ cat .kde/share/config/knotifyrc
[Misc]
External player=aplay
LastConfiguredApp=KDE System Notifications
Use external player=true
Volume=100
[StartProgress]
Arts Init=true
KNotify Init=true
Use Arts=true
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There you would changed all values of [StartProcess] to false.
If this isn't what you meant, then nevermind.