I just noticed this problem because I was trying to change the sounds in gnome to custom sounds. It seems that only the login/logout sounds actually play, whereas, no matter what sounds are already there or I replace with custom sounds of any type, they will not play in gnome. ex. I tried to change the empty the trash sound and no matter how many times I made a empty file, deleted it, and emptied the trash, there would be no sound. What could cause this?
gnome sounds not playing
Archived thread 1042541 from System76 Support. Markdown source: System76_Support/thread_1042541_gnome_sounds_not_playing.md
Are you adding your own custom sound files? If so, make sure they are the same format as the originals... I believe they are .ogg
Also, you probably have to reboot after making changes.
Let me know if I'm misunderstanding.
I will try rebooting on custom sounds, but I don't know if that is it. It doesn't seem to just be custom sounds, but also default sounds that came installed. I never have heard the ubuntu warning sound on my computer and didn't know there was one till I looked in the sound menu. It seems to just not be playing them.
I get a single drum beat for the Warning sound. I don't get a Battery warning sound though.
I'm testing in System > Prefs > Sound > Sounds.
Maybe you just need to assign them. To find all (or most) of your system's sounds run...
locate *.wav
Most of them are in /usr/share/sounds/
I can confirm sounds for buttons click and alert dialogs don't work in intrepid. Any helps? (I've enabled them in System/Sounds)
Hi, Macro.
Look at the thread just above yours. Try to assign custom sounds to whatever you want.
I'll tinker with it when I get back in the office tomorrow.
it's not that it can't find the sounds, as when I click the play preview button, I hear the sound that should play, but it never plays for real.
i think that fixed it. thanks!