enable sound events in xfce4-appearance-settings doesn't work

[Scott Moore]

Enabling sound events in xfce4-appearance-settings doesn't work. Minimizing & maximizing a window doesn't make any sound as described in the testcase.

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

Description of problem:
There are no sounds for xfce events, though both options are activated in xfce4-settings-manager.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
-

How reproducible:
yes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. login to xfce
2. enable event sounds in xfconf
3. click around

Actual results:
none

Expected results:
sounds

Additional info:

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

From upstream bug https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4367

 Stephan Arts editbugs 2008-10-19 06:26:38 CEST

(In reply to comment #24)
> Thanks for adding a support for this.
>
> Anyways there is a problem how to play logout sound on logout/restart ?

Yes, for that to work, xfce4-session needs support for libcanberra... Since we are at a feature-freeze for 4.6, that won't be added now.

I am closing this bug since the related XSETTINGS have been added now.

You need to submit separate bugreports for libcanberra support in xfce4-session and xfwm4 (targeted at 4.8)

[Kevin (kevin-redhat-bugs)]

I know this worked in the past...

Do you have libcanberra and sound-theme-freedesktop (or some sound theme) installed?

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

$ rpm -q libcanberra libcanberra-gtk2 libcanberra-gtk3 sound-theme-freedesktop
libcanberra-0.30-4.fc20.x86_64
libcanberra-gtk2-0.30-4.fc20.x86_64
libcanberra-gtk3-0.30-4.fc20.x86_64
sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-3.fc20.noarch

Maybe this is related to pulseaudio or a muted special sound channel?
Just guessing...

[Kevin (kevin-redhat-bugs)]

So, some more info:

xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/SoundThemeName

env | grep GTK_MODULES

ls /usr/share/sounds/$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/SoundThemeName)/stereo

which canberra-gtk-play

You may need to set SoundThemeName to 'freedesktop' and export GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module:canberra-gtk-module

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

(In reply to Kevin Fenzi from comment #4)

> xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/SoundThemeName
default

> env | grep GTK_MODULES
<nothing>

> ls /usr/share/sounds/default/stereo
<not found>

# find /usr/share/sounds/* -name stereo
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo

> which canberra-gtk-play
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play

> You may need to set SoundThemeName to 'freedesktop' and export
> GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module:canberra-gtk-module
Where should I put the export statement? Is this still a bug?

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

No success so far, no sounds ...

> xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/SoundThemeName
freedesktop

> env | grep GTK_MODULES
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module:canberra-gtk-module

> ls /usr/share/sounds/$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/SoundThemeName)/stereo
alarm-clock-elapsed.oga dialog-warning.oga
audio-channel-front-center.oga message-new-instant.oga
audio-channel-front-left.oga message.oga
audio-channel-front-right.oga network-connectivity-established.oga
audio-channel-rear-center.oga network-connectivity-lost.oga
audio-channel-rear-left.oga phone-incoming-call.oga
audio-channel-rear-right.oga phone-outgoing-busy.oga
audio-channel-side-left.oga phone-outgoing-calling.oga
audio-channel-side-right.oga power-plug.oga
audio-test-signal.oga power-unplug.oga
audio-volume-change.oga screen-capture.oga
bell.oga service-login.oga
camera-shutter.oga service-logout.oga
complete.oga suspend-error.oga
device-added.oga trash-empty.oga
device-removed.oga window-attention.oga
dialog-error.oga window-question.oga
dialog-information.oga

> which canberra-gtk-play
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu Package testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1321445

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

Could it be an issue with PulseAudio? I found something that Pulse can't write to sockets in some circumstances according to missing access rights or the like?

[Kevin (kevin-redhat-bugs)]

It seems unlikely, but you could try removing

alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

and relogin and see?

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

(In reply to Kevin Fenzi from comment #8)
> It seems unlikely, but you could try removing
>
> alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
>
> and relogin and see?

I don't understand what's going on here…
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104951

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

I have removed all the pulseaudio crap. But ALSA doesn't detect the internal sound card, alsamixer does only see SPDIF HDMI that I don't use.

[Kevin (kevin-redhat-bugs)]

Thats odd, as pulse uses alsa... so if alsa doesn't see the card, I wouldn't expect it to work under pulseaudio either. ;(

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

Well, PulseAudio sees the card and there's generally sound available (e.g. Clase-Mail, Firefox, etc.). But Alsa only doesn't detect the internal chip, only HDMI SPDIF is offered. But that's a general issue and has nothing to do with canberra support in Xfce.

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

Setting to rawhide to prevent upcoming EOL warnings.

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

Maybe that user can reproduce and knows the solution and it's a duplication:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1067899

[Jaroslav (jaroslav-redhat-bugs)]

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 22 development cycle.
Changing version to '22'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/HouseKeeping/Fedora22

[Raphael (raphael-redhat-bugs)]

I'll try to reproduce when Xfce 4.12 has officially arrived in Fedora.

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/sound-theme-freedesktop/commit/?id=cc9ff29162e09e0f69e0034b3ff48248be9be8ca

For window event sounds to work there have to be sound files for them.

I have created them manually, and that worked.

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

The test case mentioned in the bug description requires additional steps, including the creation of sound files for window-minimized/-maximized:

- install libcanberra-gtk-module and libcanberra-pulse
- set GTK_MODULES="canberra-gtk-module" (can be done via /etc/X11/Xsession.d/56xubuntu-session)
- create both window-minimized.oga and window-maximized.oga in /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo
- relog

Also, the command "xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/SoundThemeName" should return 'default'.