Sound theme should actually be __custom, and it get created in ~/.local/share/sounds/__custom (once you modify settings)
There you should find symlinks pointing the alert you selected. test alert is actually set with: canberra-gtk-play -i bell-window-system its possible though the some apps are using a different sound for alerts, what apps/alerts does this affect? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1479470 Title: Unable to set new alert sound default Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am running Ubuntu Gnome 15.04 (with Gnome Shell) with Gnome 3.14. And I currently have the default alert sound "Drip", however I wanted to change to "Sonar", so I went into "Settings > Sound > Sound effects", and I tried just selecting the new sound I wanted and then closing the window. That did not work so I tried going back and doubling-clicking, right-clicking, etc... Nothing worked though... I then tried it the command-line way, so I ran: gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.sound theme-name Which outputted: 'freedesktop' So I then ran: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.sound theme-name 'sonar' And checked that: gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.sound theme-name Outputted: 'Sonar' And it did, but still, no change, still the "Drip" sound... --- OS Information: No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 Codename: vivid Package Information: gnome-control-center: Installed: 1:3.14.2-2ubuntu3 Candidate: 1:3.14.2-2ubuntu3 Version table: *** 1:3.14.2-2ubuntu3 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1479470/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp