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[Bug 537703] Re: Compiz intercepts alert sound from gnome-terminal

 

The workaround works in both Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 for me.

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Title:
  Compiz intercepts alert sound from gnome-terminal

Status in Compiz:
  Confirmed
Status in compiz package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: compiz

  This is with up-to-date Lucid installed afresh from alpha 3.

  When compiz is active, the Gnome alert sound for gnome-terminal is
  intercepted and never played. I'm not sure other applications suffer
  from this, but I would find it strange it this were specific to gnome-
  terminal.

  Detailed steps to reproduce:
  - Check that the alert sound is enabled and audible:
    - Click on the volume indicator in the panel and choose "Sound preferences..."
    - Go to the "Sound effects" tab
    - Set the alert volume slider to a nonzero value
    - Make sure the master volume is also at a nonzero value
    - Check sound can be heard by clicking on one of the unselected alert sounds in the list
    - Close "Sound preferences" window
  - Press Alt-F2, enter "gnome-terminal" and press enter
  - Make sure the "Terminal bell" is enabled:
    - Right-click on the terminal background, and select "Profiles" > "Profile preferences"
    - Make sure "Terminal bell" is checked
    - Close "Profile preferences" window
  - With compiz enabled, focus the terminal and hit backspace. No sound is played
  - Press Alt-F2, enter "metacity --replace" and press enter
  - Go back to the open terminal and hit backspace. The alert sound is played

  The above behaviour occurs regardless of whether the gconf key
  /apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/audible_bell is set or not.
  Moreover, if one sets a visual effect to represent the bell (blur,
  water, wobbly, ...), it is displayed. So the bell is being sent,
  compiz is receiving it, but it never passes it to the relevant bit of
  the desktop that is supposed to play the sound. Metacity does.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,move,resize,place,decoration,session,commands,put,gnomecompat,dbus,png,workarounds,resizeinfo,regex,imgjpeg,text,mousepoll,svg,thumbnail,annotate,wall,animation,blur,wobbly,expo,scale,ezoom,obs,staticswitcher,scaleaddon,bench]
  Date: Thu Mar 11 21:44:56 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc5750 Microtower
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu13
  PackageArchitecture: all
  PciDisplay: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] [10de:0622] (rev a1)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-rt root=UUID=318b5b88-1168-482d-9758-22d2940f076b ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.153-rt
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   xserver-xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1
   libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-4ubuntu1
   libdrm2 2.4.18-1ubuntu2
   xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu12
   xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.191-1ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: compiz
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-rt x86_64
  dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: 786E3 v02.35
  dmi.board.name: 0A64h
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC7011NMX
  dmi.chassis.type: 6
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786E3v02.35:bd08/07/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc5750Microtower:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0A64h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc5750 Microtower
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-10-rt

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