Public bug reported: Package gnome-session-canberra contains /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/libcanberra-ready-sound.desktop file, which plays extremely annoying drum sound at every boot.
This is a problem (at least for me, but I think for many others), and there is no way to disable this without changing package-provided files. Moreover, this package (gnome-session-canberra) couldn't be removed without breaking ubuntu-desktop package (I'll file separate bugreport for this). Propose: Create a way do disable those sounds in a user-available way. The simplest way I can propose is to mark /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/libcanberra-ready-sound.desktop as conffile, which will keep user changes in this file during package upgrade. More user-friendly (visible) changes would be appreciated too, but conffile should, at least, give some way to manage loud 'blam-blam' at boot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-session-canberra 0.30-3ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/libcanberra-ready-sound.desktop] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-12.13-generic 4.12.8 Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Sun Sep 3 12:55:31 2017 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-22 (73 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47 SourcePackage: libcanberra UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: libcanberra (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1714763 Title: No way to disable system startup sound To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcanberra/+bug/1714763/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs