Public bug reported:
I have recently used the live CD to install and test ubuntu 9.04
When I got the blast of drum beats at the login prompt I nearly fell off
the chair, not to mention the blast it gave my speakers. The sound card
on this box is permanently connected to the audio hifi and set up to
work with another OS. The default output of your installation was way
too high.
The problem here is that there is no attempt to determine what sound
level is appropriate , it is just arbitrarily set and the user is given
no opportunity to set it or even to be asked if he wants the silly
sounds enabled.
If the user decided to activate sounds it would be reasonable to leave
him the responsibility of setting an appropriate sound level. However,
since you chose not to give us that choice it seems the only sensible
option is not to activate sounds by default.
This in turn begs the question why these fairly pointless sounds are on
by default anyway. What purpose do they serve?
When Microsoft first began the startup chimes band wagon, having sound
on a computer was something of a novelty, someone probably thought it
demonstrated the power and capabilities of windows.
This sort of thing is no longer clever or even interesting, let alone
obligatory despite which nearly every distro thinks they have to do it.
Could you please deactivate all the chirps rattles and squeaks until the
user decides to opt to turn them on and has had a chance to set a
suitable sound level for the system?
This also applies to the live CDs.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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uncontrolled volume blast on liveCDs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405516
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