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Bug 556819 - gnome-sound-manager no longer allows manipulation of the system beep
gnome-sound-manager no longer allows manipulation of the system beep
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Sound
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-10-18 09:08 UTC by Alec Wright
Modified: 2009-05-08 00:07 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Alec Wright 2008-10-18 09:08:36 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
In previous versions of gnome-sound-manager, there was an option to enable/disable system beep: http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/WindowsLiveWriter/DisabletheSystemBeeponUbuntuEdgy_6457/systembeep.png
(I'm not sure which version this feature was removed in, but i'm pretty sure it still existed in 2.14.1)

In 2.24, its gone: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18512402/Screenshot-Sound%20Preferences.png

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open gnome-sound-manager
2. Look in both of the tabs
3. Notice that there is no option to disable system beep



Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
Yep

Other information:
Comment 1 Alec Wright 2008-10-18 09:24:48 UTC 
Downstream ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/282906
Comment 2 André Klapper 2008-10-18 12:36:50 UTC 
This should still be included, also see bug 542979.
We just switched to supporting Freedesktop sound themes.
Comment 3 Jens Granseuer 2008-10-19 11:14:11 UTC 
As André said, it's still there, just moved to the second tab.
Comment 4 Mikel Ward 2009-05-07 23:48:53 UTC 
If I understand the Glade file in Bastien's patch (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=115212&action=view), there should be a label "Play system beep sound".

In my Ubuntu 8.10 with GNOME 2.24.1 setup, there is no such entry on the Sounds tab of System->Preferences->Sound.  Instead there is:

Alert sound          Default
Visual alert         Disabled|Flash screen|Flash window

But perhaps this is something that Ubuntu changed?

I'll try to find the actual Glade file that's in use.

Jens and Andre, Alec's screenshot attached here shows the dialog in use.  Is that the one you see too?
Comment 5 Mikel Ward 2009-05-08 00:07:04 UTC 
Hmm.  Looks like "Play alert sound" maps to /apps/metacity/general/audible_bell, so ticking/checking that one should make the bell work.

It doesn't actually make any sound when I get a bell in my GNOME Terminal, but that could be a problem in GNOME Terminal or with my own setup.