Gnome forgets system beep settings

[TiagoMacambira]

I like keep system beeps in gnome disabled. Occasionally -- mostly after a system crash -- gnome seems to forget the settings for the system beep, re-enabling it.

Interestingly, when this occurs, the "Enable system beep" checkbox , in gnome-sound-properties, _WILL_ be unchecked. Checking it and unchecking solves the problem.

I'm on feisty (7.04); gnome-control-center version is 2.18.1-0ubuntu.

[TiagoMacambira (macambira)]

This morning the beep issued reappeared, and I started researching this bug.

"Enable system beep" is related to gconf key "/apps/metacity/general/audible_bell". Looking for its value in gconf-editor i could see that it was indeed set to false - as expected. Odd. Anyway, I don't use metacity, but compiz. I grabbed compiz source package and looked for the code that "links" metacity settings to the ones in compiz.

Audio bell settings are "synced" in bell_settings_changed() (gtk/window-decorator/gtk-window-decorator.c:5374), where the value attributed to META_AUDIBLE_BELL_KEY is copied to COMPIZ_AUDIBLE_BELL_KEY ("/apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/audible_bell"). So, this explains why the enabling and disabling system bell in gnome sound properties capplet solves the system bell problem.

Next time this thing reappears I will check if compiz settings in gconf for audible_bell are as expected or not.

[TiagoMacambira (macambira)]

Based on the previous comment I reassigned this bug from gnome-control-center to compiz.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

compiz (1:0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * new 0.6 snapshot
    - remember system beep setting from gnome (LP: #132804)
    - fix auto-raise for transient parents
    - drawer and clock windows no longer go under (LP: #131050)
  * debian/compiz.wrapper:
    - do not start compiz on i965 as video does not work
      there under compiz (LP: #111257)
    - use printf instead of echo (thanks to Kristian Lyngstøl)
    - be more compatible with oldish shells (LP: #131484)
  * debian/patches/013-add-cursor-theme-support.patch:
    - updated to fix conflicts against the latest git

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:25:18 +0100