Version: 4.0.4 (using KDE 4.0.4) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux One would reasonably expect that "configure desktop" or "system settings" would get you somewhere where you could turn off the annoying noises. The most obvious choice being "notifications" and next obvious "sounds". Neither work. Using "system bell" (see bug 79108) does not get around the problem either. So, whether the problem is because there is no way to turn off the feature, or whether the problem is because I did not find where it got hidden, there _is_ a problem in that it is too hard if not impossible to turn off irritating little noises.
Some notifications has removed in current trunk, could you try to update to the newest 4.1-beta2 and check if the situation is better for you? Thanks a lot!
No. Sorry. I need to solve one problem at a time. I'm probably going to drop back to an earlier release by installint SuSE 10.3 because sshd got fowled up, too. (Cannot use RemoteForward to tunnel through a firewall.)
As long as I'm griping about KDE4, how about hiding the control panel? I normally have it set up to "auto hide" and pop back up when I push the cursor into the corner. The panel settings only allow me to change size and location. Not what I want. I want it hidden. Entirely. Would you-all like a different bug report? Thanks - Bruce
No, don't worry, it has already been requested. Do you agree on closing this report?
This report should be closed *IF* turning off sound effects can be found via one of the two "configure desktop" functions, (*WHY* are there two? And why are they completely different?) *AND* if that turns off _all_ desktop action sound effects. In other words, if I were to switch to the beta desktop, I don't think it's all fixed yet. Sorry.
Oh, God, I've made a _horrible_ mistake. I clicked on "desktop effects" because mouseover was not activating windows quite right. Now my dozen desk tops have been collapsed into one desk top and I have to click to focus and I cannot find my way back. Why can't I just find this stuff under "configure desktop"? Why must this be so hard? (I have tried going back to "desktop effects" and found it already disabled. There is apparently no way to disable the thing once you've made the mistake of enabling it.)
Can't *you* be _ranting_ on YOUR own "blog", please.
Well, I did find the right click on the panel to restore multi-desktops. However, as far as I can tell, I have to blow away my account and re-create it in order to restore focus-follows-mouse. I have set focus-follows-mouse-strict, but it has no effect. And I have no idea why. Yes, I ranted. I do not like spending two days on what is normally a two or three hour process. Most of the issues seem to be unresolvable.
I've just tested trunk: some messageboxes with questions still reproduce a sound which is not possible to disable (for example when you swith between system settings modules without apply changes).
Any news on this?
I've dropped back to KDE 3.5. If the time comes that 3.5 is no longer available, I'll have to decide how to go forward. Right now, 4.x does not seem like a good choice. I hope things improve. Sorry.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 157272 ***