[wplug] globally changing the system bell in GNOME

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 18:26 -0500, Patrick Wagstrom wrote:
> 
> That does actually disable the bell, just like unchecking "play alert
> sound" does.  Unfortunately, I still would like the bell, but just not
> as piercingly obnoxious, which is why I'm try tto change the sound.

If you're either patient or willing to use unstable stuff, GNOME 2.25
(devel version for 2.26) (or at least Ubuntu 9.04 alpha) has the ability
to specify which sounds to play for various alerts, such as new mail.  

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
apt-get moo
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