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compiz package

  1. Bug #301174
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 301174

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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote : Re: Annoying system beep plays instead of alert sound

Fwiw, I see exactly what Scoot sees (err... hears) on Jaunty. A very harsh, loud beep instead of the pleasant sound from the theme:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=b93fbbb2e5dcf9271d4b078ca1b4abd99b6b854d

However, I can use System/Preferences/Sound and uncheck 'Play alert sound' on the Sounds tab to completely silence it.