I am setting the package to gnome-desktop - please correct me if I am wrong. I can reproduce the problem. After setting the "Select Checkbox" and "Choose menu item" sounds to beeps, I cannot hear beeps on doing either of these later, after closing the sound preferences dialog.
** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => gnome-desktop Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- Sound preferences - must restart computer https://launchpad.net/bugs/29558 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs