Unix & Linux Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
On my System (Debian Wheezy x64, Gnome 3) I don't have any system sounds. Other audio is working well.
When I go to settings > Audio > Sounds (hope it is called like this in english) as normal user, all sounds are greyed out. However, when i go to this panel as root, I can play all these sounds.
Is it a problem with privileges?
How can it be solved? I will need notifications in Empathy.
I found the solution to this issue here.
What you need to to is fire up *d*conf-editor
Go to org/gnome/desktop/sound and there activate event_sounds after a restart empathy notification sounds should be working !
#groups: marcel adm dialout cdrom sudo audio video plugdev games avahi-autoipd avahi netdev bluetooth lpadmin fuse vboxusers pulse-access– Marcel Dec 23 '11 at 20:37