Bugzilla – Bug 384307
sound preferences: Not playing .wav sounds under "Sounds" tab
Last modified: 2008-04-28 11:38:14 UTC
After "clean" install from Beta1 DVD & update from factory, trying to play the sounds in Sound Preferences / Sounds ( error.wav, login.wav, logout.wav ) results in silence. Notebook: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Si 1520 Graphics: Fujitsu Siemens Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Monitor: QUANTADISPLAY LCD Monitor 1280x800@60Hz Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Sound: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller Desktop: gnome2-SuSE-11.0-5 YaST GUI: yast2-qt-2.16.42-3 OS: openSUSE 11.0 (i586) Beta2 VERSION = 11.0 Kernel: 2.6.25-19-pae rpm -qa | grep alsa | sort alsa-1.0.16-29 alsa-oss-1.0.15-40 alsa-plugins-1.0.16-41 alsa-utils-1.0.16-28 rpm -qa | grep pulse | sort gstreamer-0_10-pulse-0.9.5-41 libpulse0-0.9.10-6 libpulse-browse0-0.9.10-6 libpulsecore4-0.9.10-6 libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-module-jack-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.10-6 pulseaudio-utils-0.9.10-6
Does the sound work in any other situations, or the problem is only in preferences?
Well, I hear the Beep in Sound Preferences "Devices" tab and I can play music with banshee, banshee also plays the sounds in /usr/share/sounds ( the ones Sound Preferences is not playing ), double clicking the sound files in /usr/share/sounds plays them with totem.
There's actually a bug in PA, where you have to enable network access for it to work. Click on the volume button, configure local sound server, check enable access to local sound devices, then see if the system sound works. If it does, this is a dupe of https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=375701
Works following your instructions. Marking as duplicate of 375701 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 375701 ***