Gnome-terminal no longer plays sounds

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

On Natty with Unity gnome-terminal no longer plays sounds for anything. All other sounds work, it is strictly in gnome-terminal.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open gnome-terminal
2. type the command: echo -e "\a"

What happens:
no sound is played

What should happen:
It should play a sound

If you go into the sound settings on the first tab you should be able to set a sound there is options for glass,bark,default, and so on. no matter what sound you choose none work

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-terminal 2.32.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic-pae 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 23 15:36:46 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=C
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
---
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unitydialog,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 22.768518] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1299) terminated with status 1
 [ 25.040170] EXT4-fs (sdb1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
 [ 25.472026] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 [ 26.486682] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] [1002:9710] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:043b]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110720)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 570
Package: unity 4.4.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-7-generic-pae root=UUID=207e17d5-6f83-462b-aa9c-a8af7354a109 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.8-generic-pae 3.0.0
Tags: oneiric running-unity unity-2d oneiric running-unity unity-2d oneiric running-unity unity-2d ubuntu regression reproducible compiz-0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 11/10/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A04
dmi.board.name: 04GJJT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd11/10/2010:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron570:pvr00:rvnDellInc.:rn04GJJT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrNotSpecified:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 570
dmi.product.version: 00
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0-3ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1