The real question is; who actually likes login sounds? I can see maybe the first time you login after installing Ubuntu, or maybe the first time after upgrading to a new release, but EVERY SINGLE TIME you log in? Why is that even remotely desirable?
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Philipp Morger <[email protected]> wrote: > Next time: Don't implement things, that aren't ready for production > (read: half-baked). Otherwise you'll get tons of mad users. > > If you don't get tons of mad users, it's either because they don't care, > or because there is no user-base or because of people like you who try > to shut people mouth just because they say what's going wrong. > > I could have simply said "me 2" or "+1", but I considered it would be > more helpful for does people who just think "WHOA, latest is greatest" > that it might have some implications, which they didn't consider - so I > spelled it out for them, so they might reconsider next time. > > And like in all things, the more people scream for a solution, the > faster usually business attends to it - you usually don't get a solution > for something that doesn't impose a problem first hand. > > BTW: I forgot to add, that it's a lousy idea to play a sound when a > maschine is ready to log in, imagine an open office of 30 workstation > between 8:00 and 8:10 am. I consider it a thing that should not have > been copied from Mac, Win et. al. in the first place. So if you would > ask me, I would vote for completely rid of the code that plays any sound > when a maschine boots. > > regards > Philipp > > -- > No GUI to configure/disable login sound > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437429 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Unknown > Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “ubuntu-sounds” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > > Bug description: > ============== > WORKAROUNDS > ============== > NOTE: These workarounds disable the "system ready" sound (the drums). They > will not disable the "successful login" and "logout" sounds. Go to Settings > -> Sounds and set the sound theme to "no sounds" to disable these. > > 1) Disable all sounds for the login screen via gconf > $ sudo su gdm -c "gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds --type > bool false" > > -OR- > > 2) Rename the system-ready.ogg sound file > $ sudo mv -v /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg{,.disabled} > > ============== > BUG > ============== > When you log into Karmic using a Gnome session, you get a drum sound. There > are many situations where you need a silent boot process, but it appears that > this is impossible under Karmic. > > In Jaunty and previous, you could configure gdm to log you in silently. This > configuration has been removed from Karmic. Even opening Sound Preferences > and choosing "No sounds" for "Sound theme" or disabling window and button > sounds does not prevent the login sound from occurring. > > Users must have the ability to login silently. > > Package: xsplash 0.8.1-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic > SourcePackage: xsplash > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64 > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/437429/+subscribe > -- No GUI to configure/disable login sound https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437429 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
