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Some tips on how to set the GDM sound (the system access screen), the sound played when logging in or even the sounds played when certain events were triggered (press a button, close a window, etc.) ... |
How to enable / disable sound in GDM?
GDM is the access screen in which the system asks you, among other things, with which user to log in. The annoying and very characteristic Ubuntu noise when reaching this screen is a very loud TURUT, similar to a drumbeat.
To enable / disable this noise you have to go to System> Administration> Login Screen. There is an option: Play access sound.
How to enable / disable the sound played at login?
To do this, go to System> Preferences> Applications at startup and look for the GNOME Login Sound entry, which will need to be checked / unchecked as desired.
How to change the volume of the sound played at startup?
Go to System> Preferences> Sound. You can configure the volume where it says: Alert volume. Note that the Mute option, which is on the side, is unchecked.
From this window you can also choose the sound theme to use and you can activate / deactivate the sounds of windows and buttons.
How to change the sound played at startup?
Simple, in GNOME, system sounds are stored in / usr / share / sounds. In Ubuntu, there is a folder in there Ubuntu containing a file .theme and a folder stereo, which stores all system files.
With this in mind, you can create a copy of the folder Ubuntu, change the file .theme and replace the sound files with others that you like. Then you would have to choose the newly built theme in System> Preferences> Sound.
However, if you just want to change the startup sound, it is much easier to rename the file desktop-login.ogg found in the folder / usr / share / sounds / ubuntu by desktop-login-old.ogg and save the file that you want to be the new system startup sound inside that folder with the name desktop-login.ogg. Of course, the file must be in OGG format (to convert it you can use sound converter)
but where is the folder that says at the beginning ???
I am fascinated by the startup sound and the output sound of the system that Knoppix uses, they are those of a beautiful woman's voice with some type of electronic filter 🙂 Thanks to these indications I am going to extract those excellent sounds!
Thanks a lot. It was something that I had never bothered to configure because I had not given it the importance it deserved.
Salu2
Hello Eärendil,
I present to you Sound Theme Manager, an application that has all the necessary functions to customize GNOME sounds:
http://gtk-apps.org/content/show.php/Sound+Theme+Manager?content=119778
http://bit.ly/c4MPAT
To install it:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa: y.nishiwaki / ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gstmanager
I was always interested in that, but as ElSant0 said, I did not give it enough importance.
Thank you!
It happened to me just like you…. until I wanted to change the volume of the music played at startup. 🙂
Cheers! Paul.