SUMMARY If you disable system sound themes, you will still get the sound effect from the theme you've last chosen in settings when you increase / decrease volume using the corresponding keyboard buttons. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Settings > Colors and Themes > System Sound > (disable top right toggle button) Enable Notification Sound 2. Try inserting and removing USB drives. No sound effects will be emitted. 3. Try increasing / decreasing the system volume using the keyboard buttons. OBSERVED RESULT You'd hear the sound effects that correspond to the last sound theme you've chosen before disabling them. For example, if you chose Ocean and you disabled it, you'd hear the new unfamiliar sound effect even after you've disabled it via the toggle button. If you've chosen Oxygen / Freedesktop, you'd hear the water droplet -ish effect after disabling. EXPECTED RESULT No sound effect would be emitted. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Ultramarine Linux 40 (KDE Plasma Edition) KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.1.0 Qt Version: 6.7.0
*** Bug 489466 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I have the same issue: Disabling system sounds in the settings menu does not disable the sounds for changing the volume The strange thing: I didn't ever activate the system sounds. After the update to KDEneon 6.2 and upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS the system sounds suddenly activated (or maybe started to work? - I didn't disable them after they got included with 6.0(?) ). Operating System: KDE neon 6.2 KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 Kernel Version: 6.8.0-47-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 29.2 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 21KK System Version: ThinkBook 16 G6 ABP
This is, at least for now. intentional. The volume feedback sound does not uses the setting on "System Sounds" because it is not considered a "notification" sound as such, but a custom setting. It can be disabled in the "Sound" settings "Configure Volume Controls" -> and disable the checkbox for "Play Feedback Sound". Now I know the situation is not ideal, and it's not technically hard to make it follow the general setting instead of the custom one, but some users may just want this indicator and not the general notification ones, so it has to be thought out.
Yeah, the UX issue here is that the user doesn't know what constitutes a "notification sound". Turning them off keeps the volume feedback sounds, custom sounds from Telegram and Discord on new message, etc. We may need to surface a longer explanation somewhere.
(In reply to Ismael Asensio from comment #3) > This is, at least for now. intentional. > > The volume feedback sound does not uses the setting on "System Sounds" > because it is not considered a "notification" sound as such, but a custom > setting. It can be disabled in the "Sound" settings "Configure Volume > Controls" -> and disable the checkbox for "Play Feedback Sound". > > Now I know the situation is not ideal, and it's not technically hard to make > it follow the general setting instead of the custom one, but some users may > just want this indicator and not the general notification ones, so it has to > be thought out. I have "Play audio feedback for changes to: Audio volume" disabled and I still hear the notification sound every time I raise or lower the volume. This issue is persisting for me on: Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0 Qt Version: 6.8.3 Kernel Version: 6.13.8-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics Memory: 30.0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 21MDS1R200 System Version: ThinkPad T14 Gen 5