No startup sound in Ubuntu 12.04

[wallaby34]

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 yesterday on two different systems (32 & 64 bit) but none of them have startup (login) sound!!. Of course its beta 2 version didn't have startup sound neither. is it a bug or what is the problem?

I solved the problem by adding this startup item to the startup applications and now it works. I hope it can be useful for those who have the same problem.

Name: GNOME Login Sound
Command: /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login"
Comment: Plays a sound whenever you log in

Thank you VERY MUCH for that advice - it worked a charm !. I am one of the "old fashioned" weirdos who happens to like the distinctive Ubuntu login sound. Remember the old addage? "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" !!

[rookcifer]

I have the same issue, so it apparently is a bug. I don't really care, though. My big problem is my music will just stop playing at random times. I will check syslog and see a bunch of Pulseaudio tracebacks. I have no idea how to report those to the devs in any readable format.

[rplantz]

My Startup Applications already had the canberra-gtk-play command in there, but I still did not get a startup sound. I read in another post that somebody had to use the -V 5 option to turn the volume up. I tried that and it worked. But it was loud, so I changed it to 3. Did not turn the volume down. So I removed the -V 3 option (thus restoring the command back to its original value), and it still works. I guess I just needed to let it know that a human is here.

[chromatica86]

Yes. It worked. Thanks. This has really been bugging me about 12.04

[Zakhafr]

That does NOT work for me.

A hint could be that on a non-english Ubuntu, identifiers of files have been changed. Launching the command on a terminal, I get a "file not found" message.

Anyway I managed to get the same effect with a simpler command:

paplay /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg

About the reason of the suppression of this "feature"... I find it a pity. My desktop has a slow BIOS. The BIOS itself needs around 40sec for a "cold start" (when disk are stopped), prior it tries to boot any O.S.
So even if Ubuntu buts in less than 15 secs, it's still around a minute.
So, usally turn on the PC and do something else -for example change from my work clothes to my home clothes-, and the sound is nice to alert me that I can come back and start using the PC.

[roelpaulo]

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 yesterday on two different systems (32 & 64 bit) but none of them have startup (login) sound!!. Of course its beta 2 version didn't have startup sound neither. is it a bug or what is the problem?

I solved the problem by adding this startup item to the startup applications and now it works. I hope it can be useful for those who have the same problem.

Name: GNOME Login Sound
Command: /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login"
Comment: Plays a sound whenever you log in

It worked for my 12.04! Thanks!

[Tranlm]

My Startup Applications already had the canberra-gtk-play command in there, but I still did not get a startup sound. I read in another post that somebody had to use the -V 5 option to turn the volume up. I tried that and it worked. But it was loud, so I changed it to 3. Did not turn the volume down. So I removed the -V 3 option (thus restoring the command back to its original value), and it still works. I guess I just needed to let it know that a human is here.

Weird. I had the same issue and this fixed it for mew too. Thanks a lot!!!

[StewartM]

I've tried both, and nothing works for me. The command:

paplay /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg

works from the terminal but not in startup applications. The command:

/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login"

Does nothing, even in the terminal.

-StewartM

[rjsec4ever]

Doesn't work on a new install...

HOWEVER, got to Terminal and do the command
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login"
...it works.

EDIT: It works! Make sure your quotes are NOT the TILTED ones. If you must, go to the quotation marks and type them in manually. Also, remove the description: COPY & PASTE the above.

[satish_j]

The command:

/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login"

Does nothing, even in the terminal.

-StewartM

For me,this command worked from terminal on a fresh install.I added the command in startup applications and got the login sound working,but then,may be after some updates,this same command stopped working.
And,now,there is no login sound even though it is still in startup Apps.
Running from terminal does not show any error as such,it seems like it is playing something,but it is not audible..