Sorry to have misspelled your name Alexander. I have updated the bug summary so I hope it is more clear now.
** Description changed: Steps to reproduce : 1) Let Evolution open in the background 2) Receive an e-mail Expected result : - 1) The sound defined in System/Preferences/sounds is played (In Intrepid, this sound doesn't seem to exist, that might trigger this bug) or no sound is played + 1) The sound defined for new e-mails in System/Preferences/sounds is played Actual result : - 1) An alert from the PC speaker is heard (PC speaker sound by default in a 2008 modern desktop for incomming mail is really lame) + 1) An alert from the PC speaker is heard (PC speaker sound by default in a 2008 modern desktop for incoming mail is really lame) + + Workaround : + If you uncheck "Enable alert sound", the PC speaker is not heard anymore, but neither is the defined sound. + => I don't know why new e-mails trigger "Alert" instead of "New e-mail" + => I don't know why in this case the defined Alert sound is not played instead of using the PC speaker ** Description changed: Steps to reproduce : 1) Let Evolution open in the background 2) Receive an e-mail Expected result : 1) The sound defined for new e-mails in System/Preferences/sounds is played Actual result : 1) An alert from the PC speaker is heard (PC speaker sound by default in a 2008 modern desktop for incoming mail is really lame) Workaround : If you uncheck "Enable alert sound", the PC speaker is not heard anymore, but neither is the defined sound. => I don't know why new e-mails trigger "Alert" instead of "New e-mail" => I don't know why in this case the defined Alert sound is not played instead of using the PC speaker + + A very similar bug affects Firefox : i.e. when no occurence of a search + string is found, it should play the defined error sound (or in + Intrepid's case no sound as the sound is not existent), but keep on + playing an alert on the PC speaker instead -- Evolution and Firefox uses the PC speaker for alerts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280625 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
