[pulseaudio-discuss] No shutdown/startup sounds in gnome

[Colin Guthrie]

JaM wrote:
> First off thanks for the reply.  I looked at the file that is being used
> and it is definitely < 1 mb.  The file is also getting cached in
> PulseAudio Manager and I can play it from there.  I attempted to change
> the logout sound to a sound that works for one of my other events and
> still no dice.  This is probably due to my lack of understanding of
> PulseAudios architecture but if they file is being cached I don't
> understand why it didn't play, any ideas would be huge. 

Hmmm, dunno. On shutdown it could be that pulse is killed too early
(e.g. before the sound can finish playing), but that's just a guess.
Doesn't explain startup not working....

Bit stumped to be honest, sorry.

For reassurance, it *does* work here so it's not a fundamental problem
with the design.... (I know that doesn't really help tho' ;))

Col