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to Harvey Kelly <patzerseescheck@gmail.com>:
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(Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:15:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gdm3: Cannot disable beep
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:12:47 +0100
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.0.4-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I can't disable the BEEP with gdm3.
I've tried...
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults: /desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds false
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gsettings: event-sounds=false
Also, in alsamixer disabling the beep, and installing libcanberra-pulse (both
of which were suggested after a google search).
Thanks.
Harvey
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (600, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.14-1
ii adduser 3.113
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.7.5-3
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.41
ii gconf2 2.32.4-1
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.0.2-2
ii gnome-session-bin 3.0.2-2
ii gnome-session-fallback [x-session-manager] 3.0.2-2
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.0.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.0.1-1
ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.14-1
ii libatk1.0-0 2.2.0-1
ii libattr1 1:2.4.46-3
ii libaudit0 1.7.18-1
ii libc6 2.13-21
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.10.2-6.1
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-6.1
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-1
ii libcanberra0 0.28-1
ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.16-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3
ii libfreetype6 2.4.6-2
ii libgconf2-4 2.32.4-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.24.0-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-3
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.28.6-3
ii libgtk-3-0 3.0.12-2
ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-4
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-4
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-4
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.4-3
ii librsvg2-common 2.34.1-2
ii libselinux1 2.1.0-1
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.13-1+b2
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-21
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-2
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-3
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.0-3
ii libxklavier16 5.1-2
ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-4
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.2-2
ii lsb-base 3.2-28
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.34.1-1
ii mutter [x-window-manager] 3.0.2.1-2
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.102-2
ii upower 0.9.13-1+b2
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 271-1
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi <none>
ii desktop-base 6.0.6
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.0.0-4
ii gnome-power-manager 3.0.2-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.0.2-1
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.6+4
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.11.1-1
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.6+9
ii zenity 3.2.0-1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii gnome-mag <none>
ii gnome-orca <none>
ii gok <none>
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.0.3-2
ii metacity 1:2.34.1-1
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults changed:
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/logo_icon_name debian-swirl
/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false
/apps/gnome-power-manager/ui/icon_policy never
/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds false
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gsettings changed:
[org.gnome.desktop.background]
picture-uri='file:///usr/share/themes/Adwaita/backgrounds/stripes.jpg'
picture-options='zoom'
gtk-theme='Adwaita'
[org.gnome.power-manager]
icon-policy='never'
event-sounds=false
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
Information forwarded
to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>: Bug#644016; Package gdm3.
(Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Acknowledgement sent
to Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>.
(Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
On 2011-10-01 20:12:47 +0100, Harvey Kelly wrote:
> I can't disable the BEEP with gdm3.
No problems here. After the upgrade, the beep reappeared (which is
bad, BTW, as the user's settings should be preserved!), but I saw
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gsettings containing:
# Disabling sound in the greeter
#[org.gnome.desktop.sound]
#event-sounds=false
So, I uncommented these settings:
# Disabling sound in the greeter
[org.gnome.desktop.sound]
event-sounds=false
Then I rebooted the machine (this is necessary: gdm3 needs to be
restarted, and "/etc/init.d/gdm3 restart" doesn't work correctly).
The beep disappeared.
> /etc/gdm3/greeter.gsettings changed:
> [org.gnome.desktop.background]
> picture-uri='file:///usr/share/themes/Adwaita/backgrounds/stripes.jpg'
> picture-options='zoom'
> gtk-theme='Adwaita'
> [org.gnome.power-manager]
> icon-policy='never'
> event-sounds=false
[org.gnome.desktop.sound] may be needed (see above).
This bug is probably invalid.
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to Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility.
(Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:31:12 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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to Harvey Kelly <patzerseescheck@gmail.com>:
Bug acknowledged by developer.
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There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
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with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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