How to enable Startup (Login) sound in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise)

9 Comments to “How to enable Startup (Login) sound in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise)”

1. dgoeduardo says:

   May 1, 2012 at 3:16 pm

   Thanks, it is more borring without the sound

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2. Francesco says:

   May 6, 2012 at 6:16 pm

   I did it but still no sound

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3. kiraitachi says:

   May 7, 2012 at 4:56 pm

   Why do Ubuntu don’t ship this already done??

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   Angel Mass Reply:
   June 9th, 2012 at 9:15 pm

   I know right, Im a big UBUNTU fan, I use it in both my Laptop and Desktop PCs more often than Windows, but is little things like that what I dont understand. Other example: What happen with the Screesavers and why is that difficult to reactivate it. I love Ubuntu, but that is the kind of stuff that doesnt makes it be as popular as other OS. No popularity = not many developers interested to work in the system = slow development.

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   João Santana Reply:
   July 10th, 2012 at 2:52 am

   Don’t blame Ubuntu, blame Gnome 3 who doesn’t come with screensavers and no login sound.

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4. charlie barkin says:

   May 12, 2012 at 9:41 am

   I guest you have to do it this way
   /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play –id=”desktop-login” –description=”GNOME Login sound”

   I did try it, it works for me.

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   charlie barkin Reply:
   May 12th, 2012 at 9:45 am

   cut and paste the one that i have done. It might work for you.

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5. NickinDublin says:

   June 14, 2012 at 11:46 pm

   Hi guys,

   Just a note to say: copy the Command: /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play –id=”desktop-login” –description=”GNOME Login sound” without the word “sound” at the end, then it will work so copy this:
   Command: /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play –id=”desktop-login” –description=”GNOME Login”
   It worked for me like that!

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6. zaphod2003 says:

   July 1, 2012 at 8:59 am

   Nice fix, worked perfectly for me.

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