Setting "No sound" in Sound Preferences does not disable GNOME Login Sound

[YannUbuntu]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

In Ubuntu 10.04
Setting "No sound" in Sound Preferences does not disable GNOME Login Sound.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 7bf4676ac92338d1d362954586c33b04
CheckboxSystem: bd9978d0ff03d4f55482fc24a6cdac35
Date: Wed Jun 23 14:26:47 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100328)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, where do you set to "no sound", the sound theme? what do you call login sound? the ding played when the gdm login screen is ready? or the sound playing on session start after entering your login informations?

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

Hi Sebastien

indeed I was originally talking about both sounds. (that I used to mute by setting my sound volume to mute before shutting down the computer).

But after checking :
- I don't have any more the music on session start (don't know why -> I will check more), even if System => Administration => Login screen 's "Play login sound" is activated and the "GNOME login sound" in "Startup program" is also activated.
- the "ding" sound can be removed from the System => Administration => Login screen

By the way, how do you "normally" activate/desactivate the music on session start ?
is the use of "GNOME login sound" in "Startup program" redundant with the "Play login sound" in the Login screen menu ?

I understand that the "ding" sound is an administrator preference, so that it has to require the administrator password. it is logical to find it in the System => Administration => Login screen , but many users will expect to find it (also) in the "Sound effects" tab of the "Sound Preference" menu. So I think we should add an option to activate/desactivate it (with password) also from the "Sound Preference" menu.
(this could be simply a button to open the "Login screen" screen menu, but i think it would be better to have a "Play login sound" line under the "Enable window and button sounds" line )

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

Ok, I now understand how the "ding" and "african dums" sounds can currently be enabled/disabled (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-media/+question/123085).

So I confirm my opinion : the user expects to find all sounds settings in the "Sound Preferences", even the "ding" one. So no need to change the current "Login screen" , but we should add in the "Sound Preferences" a link or way to activate/disactivate the "ding" sound.

Technically, this could be integrated in the "Sound Preferences" (this particular sound would require administrator password to enable/disable it), OR this could also be a button opening the "Login screen" window (I guess this would be very simple to implement).

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

I created another report which includes the current one : bug #625731