ok, after a bit of debugging, looks like phonon4qt5-backend-gstreamer is missing. Doing the following and restarting Quassel will fix the bug :
sudo apt-get install phonon4qt5-backend-gstreamer ** Changed in: quassel (Ubuntu Wily) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: quassel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: quassel (Ubuntu Wily) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: quassel (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard) ** Changed in: quassel (Ubuntu Wily) Assignee: (unassigned) => Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to quassel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506550 Title: quassel can't play audio notifications in wily To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/+bug/1506550/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs