November 3, 2013

Howto Enable Login Sound

You will need a sound file in the .ogg or .wav format. Rename the file into desktop-login.ogg( wav ) and place it in the
/usr/share/sounds folder. Rightclick and choose New Window As Administrator in order to be able to place the file there :



In System Settings ( Applications > System Settings ) go to Startup Applications > Add.

Name : Login sound
Command : /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login"

 Then Add....

Download sounds from here.

More sounds : http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/0-7-1-startup%20sound/  ( download with Save Link As... ).

Knoppix sounds.

Free online audio convertor : http://audio.online-convert.com/
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18 comments:

  1. Tim FitzgeraldNovember 24, 2013 at 4:03 PM

    When I try to paste the .ogg file into /usr/sounds a screen comes up saying I dont have the authority to do this. How do I get root privileges? Thanks Tim

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  2. EricNovember 24, 2013 at 4:18 PM

    Open terminal and then :
    sudo mv desktop-login.ogg /usr/share/sounds

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  3. Tim FitzgeraldNovember 24, 2013 at 4:37 PM

    Hi Eric that doesn't work Message says,
    mv:cannot stat'desktop.login.ogg no such file or directory

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    1. EricNovember 24, 2013 at 4:54 PM

      The terminal can not find the file in the working directory. If you open a terminal the working directory is your home directory. If the file is somewhere else you first need to navigate to it with the command cd.
      E.g your file is in Downloads then in a terminal : cd Downloads and then : sudo mv desktop-login.ogg /usr/share/sounds

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    2. Tim FitzgeraldNovember 24, 2013 at 5:08 PM

      The login sound is an .ogg file I downloaded, not a cd. I tried what you said and it won't work. Any other thoughts?
      Thanks Tim (I really like elementary os Luna)

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    3. EricNovember 24, 2013 at 5:12 PM

      I was not talking about a "cd", I was talking about the command "cd"......cd=change directory.

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    4. Tim FitzgeraldNovember 24, 2013 at 5:24 PM

      I understand. However I tried and that didn't work. Why cant I paste the .ogg fill in /usr/share/sounds?
      I'm sorry if I'm not getting what you say?

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    5. EricNovember 24, 2013 at 5:27 PM

      I have put some extra info in the post to make it easier...

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  4. Tim FitzgeraldNovember 24, 2013 at 5:47 PM

    Thanks Eric your a star. It worked like a charm. Now when Luna starts a nice female voice says " five four three two one all systems activated" Getting Administrator privileges was the answer.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 12, 2014 at 2:41 PM

    Method is effective 100%
    Thank you very much for the explanation beautiful :)

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  6. AnonymousJuly 8, 2014 at 3:59 AM

    if you copy desktop-login.ogg to /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play then id must stay like it is --id="desktop-login" :)

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    1. AnonymousJuly 8, 2014 at 4:01 AM

      sorry to /usr/share/sounds (not to /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play; my mistake)

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  7. Tim FitzgeraldJune 30, 2015 at 5:32 PM

    Is there a way to do this on Freya?

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  8. EricJune 30, 2015 at 6:56 PM

    Have not tried it yet, did you ?

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  9. Tim FitzgeraldJune 30, 2015 at 7:20 PM

    Yes I did, the add to startup doesn't work.

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  10. EricJune 30, 2015 at 7:29 PM

    I'll have a look at it. Can't promise that it will work somehow.

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  11. Tim FitzgeraldJune 30, 2015 at 7:33 PM

    Thanks!!

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