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Suramya Tomar [security at suramya.com]
Hey,
I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my system and then installed KDE 4.2.2 on the system using apt-get.
I don't like any system sounds (beeps when opening windows/ on popups etc etc) so I went to the KDE control panel and disabled all the system sounds over there. In KDE 3.5 this used to disable all sounds in Gnome applications as well but in 4.2.2 this doesn't seem to be the case.
So I ran the gnome Control panel and disabled all system sounds over there. Now the problem is that this setting doesn't seem to be saved. Thus when I restart the system all the system sounds on gnome apps (Nautilus/Firefox/gedit/X-Chat etc) are back.
So how do I set it so that the sounds are disabled and stay that way over reboots?
Also the same issue is there with the fonts in the Gnome applications. The fonts in gnome applications (Size mainly) doesn't match the ones in KDE applications. I have to change them using the Gnome control panel and the changes don't stay saved.
Any idea's/Suggestions? I did try searching for solutions but none of the solutions suggested by google worked.
Let me know if you need any additional details.
- Suramya
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Anderson Silva [afsilva at gmail.com]
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Suramya Tomar <security@suramya.com> wrote:
> Hey, > > I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my system and then installed KDE 4.2.2 > on the system using apt-get. > > I don't like any system sounds (beeps when opening windows/ on popups etc > etc) so I went to the KDE control panel and disabled all the system sounds > over there. In KDE 3.5 this used to disable all sounds in Gnome applications > as well but in 4.2.2 this doesn't seem to be the case. > > So I ran the gnome Control panel and disabled all system sounds over there. > Now the problem is that this setting doesn't seem to be saved. Thus when I > restart the system all the system sounds on gnome apps > (Nautilus/Firefox/gedit/X-Chat etc) are back. > > So how do I set it so that the sounds are disabled and stay that way over > reboots? > > Also the same issue is there with the fonts in the Gnome applications. The > fonts in gnome applications (Size mainly) doesn't match the ones in KDE > applications. I have to change them using the Gnome control panel and the > changes don't stay saved. > > Any idea's/Suggestions? I did try searching for solutions but none of the > solutions suggested by google worked.
Try this:
The "Enable system sounds" for Gnome2 is stored in ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/sound/%gconf.xml. You can change the "event_sounds" from true to false to disable if need be. Source: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/[...]nome-sound-lockup-cant-log-into-x-66713/
I did verify at least on Fedora 11, and the file does exist on my system, and is set to true.
AS
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Suramya Tomar [security at suramya.com]
Hi Anderson,
> The "Enable system sounds" for Gnome2 is stored in > ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/sound/%gconf.xml. You can change the > "event_sounds" from true to false to disable if need be. Source: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/[...]nome-sound-lockup-cant-log-into-x-66713/ > > I did verify at least on Fedora 11, and the file does exist on my > system, and is set to true.
I took a look at the file and event_sounds is set to false on my system and this is what the file looks like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="event_sounds" mtime="1256114050" type="bool"
value="false"/>
<entry name="default_mixer_device" mtime="1256114045"
type="string">
<stringvalue>pulsemixer:alsa_input.pci_10de_3f0_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>
If I open the gnome control panel and check then uncheck the System Sounds checkbox the sound gets disabled for that session. (Till I reboot)
- Suramya
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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
2009/10/25 Suramya Tomar <security@suramya.com>:
> If I open the gnome control panel and check then uncheck the System Sounds > checkbox the sound gets disabled for that session. (Till I reboot)
So dbus is doing something odd -- have you checked gconf-editor?
-- Thomas Adam
Anderson Silva [afsilva at gmail.com]
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/10/25 Suramya Tomar <security@suramya.com>: > >> If I open the gnome control panel and check then uncheck the System Sounds >> checkbox the sound gets disabled for that session. (Till I reboot) > > So dbus is doing something odd -- have you checked gconf-editor?
Check out the last post on this link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1262052
AS
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Suramya Tomar [security at suramya.com]
Hi Anderson,
> Check out the last post on this link: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1262052 > > AS
That fixed the sound issue. Thanks a lot for the help.
- Suramya
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