Comment 13 for bug 559532

No that's not it. Sending and receiving messages, connecting, disconnecting... all of the sound options are set in empathy and still nothing, even unchecked the "disable sounds while busy or away" - and still nothing. The volume level of message-new-instant.ogg seems fine on my laptop speakers, but then the sound is right next to me, and it makes no difference. The sounds simply are not being played.