It doesn't look like we change any defaults in the Ubuntu packaging, and those schemas above aren't for the sound notifications.
Looking through the upstream schemas, I see these, and they're definately turned on by default: <schema> <key>/schemas/apps/empathy/sounds/sounds_contact_login</key> <applyto>/apps/empathy/sounds/sounds_contact_login</applyto> <owner>empathy</owner> <type>bool</type> <default>true</default> <locale name="C"> <short>Play a sound when a contact logs in</short> <long> Whether to play a sound to notify of contacts logging into the network. </long> </locale> </schema> <schema> <key>/schemas/apps/empathy/sounds/sounds_contact_logout</key> <applyto>/apps/empathy/sounds/sounds_contact_logout</applyto> <owner>empathy</owner> <type>bool</type> <default>true</default> <locale name="C"> <short>Play a sound when a contact logs out</short> <long> Whether to play a sound to notify of contacts logging out of the network. </long> </locale> </schema> -- Disable Empathy's "Contact goes online" and "Contact goes offline" sound notifications by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs