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[Matt Fischer <188617@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did some extensive research into this bug tonight and I found that at
it's heart, the issue is that compiz is not properly handling the system
beep.  There is nothing wrong with gnome-netool.   The root bug is here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/301174

I think that it is unlikely that the system beep, which is quite
annoying IMHO will be enabled in compiz by default anytime soon, so, if
you really need this feature, you can work around this bug in the
following ways:

from your terminal:
1) load the pcspkr kernel module:  sudo modprobe pcspkr
2) run "xset b on"   
3) launch gnome-nettool
4) enable the beep and ping away

To make the above changes permanent, add the xset line to your bashrc
file and then comment out the blacklist entry for pcspkr in
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Another option is to build and enable the compiz-bell plugin (untried, but suggested to me):
https://github.com/hypodermia/compiz-bell-plugin

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188617

Title:
  no beep on ping

Status in “gnome-nettool” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-nettool

  After turning on "Beep on ping" under the Tool menu, I still can't
  hear any pings. I checked the sound set-up with aplay.

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