Bug 241474

Summary:	Use system bell instead of system notification does not work
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Jeff Long <long>
Component:	kcm_bell	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugs, kde, msaur67, nick, ogoffart
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description Jeff Long 2010-06-11 22:21:23 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.3) 
OS:                Linux

If I check 'Use system bell instead of system notification' I do not hear the system bell whenever KDE tries a notification, instead I hear whatever notification has been assigned to the event.  

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
In System Notifications.  Set Event source to Konsole.  For Bell in Visible Session have it set to Play a sound (e.g. /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Sys-App-Message.ogg).  In System Bell check Use system bell instead of system notification.  Make sure you apply all changes.  Open a Konsole window.  Type Ctrl+G.

Actual Results:  
I hear  /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Sys-App-Message.ogg

Expected Results:  
I hear the system (X) bell through my PC Speaker.

Comment 1 Jeff Long 2011-05-28 00:12:58 UTC

same problem in 4.6.3

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2013-01-10 00:02:57 UTC

*** Bug 79108 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Graeme Hewson 2013-11-07 11:53:18 UTC

I confirm this in 4.11.2.

Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2013-11-17 19:13:52 UTC

Can you please check, if you disabled system bell via System Settings > Accessibility > Audible Bell > Use system bell?

Comment 5 Jeff Long 2013-11-18 17:42:08 UTC

 System Settings > Accessibility > Audible Bell > Use system bell is currently checked on my system.

Comment 6 Graeme Hewson 2013-11-25 17:53:33 UTC

Yes, I confirm this with Kubuntu 13.10 (KDE 4.11.2) and Debian Testing (KDE 4.11.3). In both cases the default System Settings > Accessibility > Audible Bell > Use system bell is set. The problem still occurs if the setting is unset and saved, then re-set and saved again.

Comment 7 Graeme Hewson 2013-11-26 17:52:47 UTC

It might be worth stating for others reading this that Kubuntu has a couple of issues.

Firstly (like some other distributions, I believe), by default it doesn't load the kernel module for the PC speaker (aka bell). To get it loaded, it's necessary to comment out the entry for pcspkr in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.

Secondly, there's some problem with the system bell sometimes not working after login. I've reported this here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-runtime/+bug/1254527.

Another KDE setting to check is System Notifications > Manage Notifications > Player Settings tab > "Use the KDE sound system" radio button. (This is the default anyway.)

Comment 8 David Edmundson 2015-01-21 20:28:12 UTC

This has been removed in Plasma5