Comment 75 for bug 437429

To answer your question - I like login sounds :P.

I guess that some people do, and some people dont. So should it not be an
option during installation?

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Ben <email address hidden> wrote:

> 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 address hidden> 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
> Artwork Team, which is subscribed to ubuntu-sounds in ubuntu.
>
> 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
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