I can confirm this. I think it is related to canberra-gtk-play not looking for soundfiles in the correct directory:
ls -l /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104421 2008-10-10 06:22 /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg canberra-gtk-play -i desktop-login Failed to play sound: File or data not found ls -l /usr/share/sounds/question.wav lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2008-11-01 13:46 /usr/share/sounds/question.wav -> ubuntu/stereo/dialog-question.wav canberra-gtk-play -i question #works sudo cp /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg /usr/share/sounds/ canberra-gtk-play -i desktop-login #works strace does not even show it trying to open the according theme file or directory ** Changed in: libcanberra (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- [Jaunty] libcanberra-login-sound.desktop times out https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/310199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs