To answer your question - I like login sounds :P. I guess that some people do, and some people dont. So should it not be an option during installation?
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Ben <ben.lem...@gmail.com> wrote: > The real question is; who actually likes login sounds? I can see > maybe the first time you login after installing Ubuntu, or maybe the > first time after upgrading to a new release, but EVERY SINGLE TIME you > log in? Why is that even remotely desirable? > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Philipp Morger > <philipp.mor...@dominion.ch> wrote: > > Next time: Don't implement things, that aren't ready for production > > (read: half-baked). Otherwise you'll get tons of mad users. > > > > If you don't get tons of mad users, it's either because they don't care, > > or because there is no user-base or because of people like you who try > > to shut people mouth just because they say what's going wrong. > > > > I could have simply said "me 2" or "+1", but I considered it would be > > more helpful for does people who just think "WHOA, latest is greatest" > > that it might have some implications, which they didn't consider - so I > > spelled it out for them, so they might reconsider next time. > > > > And like in all things, the more people scream for a solution, the > > faster usually business attends to it - you usually don't get a solution > > for something that doesn't impose a problem first hand. > > > > BTW: I forgot to add, that it's a lousy idea to play a sound when a > > maschine is ready to log in, imagine an open office of 30 workstation > > between 8:00 and 8:10 am. I consider it a thing that should not have > > been copied from Mac, Win et. al. in the first place. So if you would > > ask me, I would vote for completely rid of the code that plays any sound > > when a maschine boots. > > > > regards > > Philipp > > > > -- > > No GUI to configure/disable login sound > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437429 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of the bug. > > > > Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Unknown > > Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Status in “ubuntu-sounds” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > > > > Bug description: > > ============== > > WORKAROUNDS > > ============== > > NOTE: These workarounds disable the "system ready" sound (the drums). > They will not disable the "successful login" and "logout" sounds. Go to > Settings -> Sounds and set the sound theme to "no sounds" to disable these. > > > > 1) Disable all sounds for the login screen via gconf > > $ sudo su gdm -c "gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds > --type bool false" > > > > -OR- > > > > 2) Rename the system-ready.ogg sound file > > $ sudo mv -v /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg{,.disabled} > > > > ============== > > BUG > > ============== > > When you log into Karmic using a Gnome session, you get a drum sound. > There are many situations where you need a silent boot process, but it > appears that this is impossible under Karmic. > > > > In Jaunty and previous, you could configure gdm to log you in silently. > This configuration has been removed from Karmic. Even opening Sound > Preferences and choosing "No sounds" for "Sound theme" or disabling window > and button sounds does not prevent the login sound from occurring. > > > > Users must have the ability to login silently. > > > > Package: xsplash 0.8.1-0ubuntu1 > > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic > > SourcePackage: xsplash > > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64 > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/437429/+subscribe > > > > -- > No GUI to configure/disable login sound > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437429 > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu > Artwork Team, which is subscribed to ubuntu-sounds in ubuntu. > > Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Unknown > Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “ubuntu-sounds” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > > Bug description: > ============== > WORKAROUNDS > ============== > NOTE: These workarounds disable the "system ready" sound (the drums). They > will not disable the "successful login" and "logout" sounds. Go to Settings > -> Sounds and set the sound theme to "no sounds" to disable these. > > 1) Disable all sounds for the login screen via gconf > $ sudo su gdm -c "gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds > --type bool false" > > -OR- > > 2) Rename the system-ready.ogg sound file > $ sudo mv -v /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg{,.disabled} > > ============== > BUG > ============== > When you log into Karmic using a Gnome session, you get a drum sound. > There are many situations where you need a silent boot process, but it > appears that this is impossible under Karmic. > > In Jaunty and previous, you could configure gdm to log you in silently. > This configuration has been removed from Karmic. Even opening Sound > Preferences and choosing "No sounds" for "Sound theme" or disabling window > and button sounds does not prevent the login sound from occurring. > > Users must have the ability to login silently. > > Package: xsplash 0.8.1-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic > SourcePackage: xsplash > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64 > > > > > -- No GUI to configure/disable login sound https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437429 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
