On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 09:41 -0400, José Alburquerque wrote: > Hi. I have bit of a sound question with regards to gdm. Recently I did > a fresh install of a GNU/Linux system (Debian) running GNOME 2.14. All > went well except that I configured the Login Window (from my > "Desktop->Administration" menu) for 1) timed login and 2) play the > "generic.wav" sound file (in /usr/share/sounds) when the login screen is > ready. > > My system is running alsa and all sound applications (like xmms, totem, > etc.) work just fine. In fact, my session runs esound (esd) and all my > gnome sounds play fine (ie. when I select a menu or press a button, etc.) > > GDM, however, does not play the sound file I selected. Would anyone > have any idea why gdm would not play sound? When gdm comes up (after a > logout or a boot up), it only makes the "computer sound" (from the > computer cpu) but no sound to the speakers. > > A simple explanation as to what gdm does to play a sound would help > greatly! Thanks very much not to sure but do check out alsa volume setting from a virtual terminal, and try playing the sounds from within gdm.
> > -- > Sincerely > Jose Alburquerque > > -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919822394463 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
