uncontrolled volume blast on liveCDs
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Ubuntu |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I have recently used the live CD to install and test ubuntu 9.04
When I got the blast of drum beats at the login prompt I nearly fell off the chair, not to mention the blast it gave my speakers. The sound card on this box is permanently connected to the audio hifi and set up to work with another OS. The default output of your installation was way too high.
The problem here is that there is no attempt to determine what sound level is appropriate , it is just arbitrarily set and the user is given no opportunity to set it or even to be asked if he wants the silly sounds enabled.
If the user decided to activate sounds it would be reasonable to leave him the responsibility of setting an appropriate sound level. However, since you chose not to give us that choice it seems the only sensible option is not to activate sounds by default.
This in turn begs the question why these fairly pointless sounds are on by default anyway. What purpose do they serve?
When Microsoft first began the startup chimes band wagon, having sound on a computer was something of a novelty, someone probably thought it demonstrated the power and capabilities of windows.
This sort of thing is no longer clever or even interesting, let alone obligatory despite which nearly every distro thinks they have to do it.
Could you please deactivate all the chirps rattles and squeaks until the user decides to opt to turn them on and has had a chance to set a suitable sound level for the system?
This also applies to the live CDs.
| kbunty (kbunty) wrote | #1 |
OK this is over 6 months old now and duping it to another more complicated issue attributed a "wishlist" status is not getting it fixed.
Despite a series of comments on the dupe there is no sign of a concrete solution or action.
The solution to THIS bug , which although related is NOT a dupe, is very simple:
Remove the default startup noises from all live media. Simple!
This would not detract one iota from the usefulness of the live media and will address a serious issue of potential damage to hardware of even physical damage to hearing.
Even though that result is not likely it is a serious issue , not a wishlist.
Please remove the dupe and fix , a.s.a.p.
regards.