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  1. Bug #114160
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 114160

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encompass (encompass) wrote : Re: [Bug 114160] Re: make possible to mute sound on boot with a key combinaison

That would be the solution if I had the startup sound turned off and
occassionally want it on. Can't we do it the other way?

On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 14:35 +0000, Who wrote:
> I have a proposed solution.
>
> In Jaunty, at least, the login sound is a separate item in the 'startup
> programs' or whatever page of the 'Sessions' dialogue.
>
> If that item, rather than _directly_ running a sound just ran a small
> bash/python/whatever script that checked if XF86Mute was pressed and
> then only played the sound if it WAS.
>
> Is there any reason wrapping the startup sound like this is a bad idea?
>