This is the solution to make pulseaudio produce a themed beep instead of the system beep:
$ pactl load-module module-x11-bell sample=bell.ogg I haven't had to do this manually before, but something broke in my Karmic installation a week ago or so. I have no idea whose responsibility it normally is to get this information into PA. -- Use proper sound event instead of system beep https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs