Gnome Login Sound Doesn't Play
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-session (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
This just started occuring after I updated my system a few days back... not sure which package might have been responsible for it but here's what happens.
Ever since I installed Ubuntu Dapper, back when it was still Flight 6, my sound has worked pretty much flawlessly. However, now when I log into Gnome from the gdm login prompt, I no longer hear the login sound being played. What's funny is that GDM will make the little "drum" sound effect once it loads so I know for a fact that the sound works before Gnome is loaded. After logging into Gnome, sound works fine -- I can view and hear video clips as well as audio files. Logging out of Gnome also results in the logout noise being played.
Thinking perhaps it was a simple setting that had been changed, I went to System -> Preferences -> Sound and checked what the "log in" sound was set to. It's set to "Login" and when I play it from the Sound Preferences window it plays fine. Therefore, in my estimation, the problem lies somewhere in how Gnome is loaded and calling the sound file.
| Sean (sean-compusmith) wrote | #1 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-session: | |
| assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Released |
| Sean (sean-compusmith) wrote RE: [Bug 43666] Re: Gnome Login Sound Doesn't Play | #3 |
Also, just noticed that setting up some of the preloaded sound effects for events such as "Menu" or "Command Button" doesn't seem to do anything either. When I click on a menu or a command button with a sound being mapped to it, nothing ever gets played.