askubuntu: disable login screen drum beat

[Thufir Hawat]

On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:32:22 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:


> I just thought of this while reading your response: provided that the
> sound *IS* a *.wav file and not hard coded into some system file which
> plays this sound when you logon.

LOL. Firefox seems to use this sound, or perhaps, GNOME, in many places.  
I'm just now starting to realize how grating it is.  I found:

thufir at tleilax:~$ 
thufir at tleilax:~$ nl /usr/share/gnome/autostart/libcanberra-login-
sound.desktop
     1	[Desktop Entry]
     2	Type=Application
     3	Name=GNOME Login Sound
     4	Comment=Plays a sound whenever you log in
     5	Exec=/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --
description="GNOME Login"
     6	OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
     7	AutostartCondition=GNOME /desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds
     8	X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Application
     9	X-GNOME-Provides=login-sound
thufir at tleilax:~$ 

so I'm going to poke around in that vicinity to see if I can see what 
this drum beat goes back to.  Just a "ping" or something would be fine.  
Grr, GNOME, grr.  I mean, the sound makes it sound like the computer's 
about to explode, when it's only either logging out or Firefox is showing 
some dialog, or something else innocuous. Quite silly.