Gnome forgets system beep settings
Bug #132804 reported by
TiagoMacambira
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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compiz (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I like keep system beeps in gnome disabled. Occasionally -- mostly after a system crash -- gnome seems to forget the settings for the system beep, re-enabling it.
Interestingly, when this occurs, the "Enable system beep" checkbox , in gnome-sound-
I'm on feisty (7.04); gnome-control-
Related branches
description: | updated |
Changed in compiz: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
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This morning the beep issued reappeared, and I started researching this bug.
"Enable system beep" is related to gconf key "/apps/ metacity/ general/ audible_ bell". Looking for its value in gconf-editor i could see that it was indeed set to false - as expected. Odd. Anyway, I don't use metacity, but compiz. I grabbed compiz source package and looked for the code that "links" metacity settings to the ones in compiz.
Audio bell settings are "synced" in bell_settings_ changed( ) (gtk/window- decorator/ gtk-window- decorator. c:5374) , where the value attributed to META_AUDIBLE_ BELL_KEY is copied to COMPIZ_ AUDIBLE_ BELL_KEY ("/apps/ compiz/ general/ allscreens/ options/ audible_ bell"). So, this explains why the enabling and disabling system bell in gnome sound properties capplet solves the system bell problem.
Next time this thing reappears I will check if compiz settings in gconf for audible_bell are as expected or not.