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Thunderbird 24.1.0 notification no sound

Asked by Janos G. Komaromi

Cannot activate sound alerts in Xubuntu 12.04 installation of Tunderbird 24.1.0. I googled and checked ubuntu forums. Lightning 2.6.2 is also installed, but calendar sound notification is silent.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy thunderbird

Thanks

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Janos G. Komaromi (jankom) said : 		#2

janos@acerlinux:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy thunderbird
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux acerlinux 3.2.0-56-generic #86-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 09:20:45 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
thunderbird:
  Installed: 1:24.1.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  Candidate: 1:24.1.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:24.1.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     11.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
janos@acerlinux:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Are there any bugs reported?
Do you get sound in other apps?

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Janos G. Komaromi (jankom) said : 		#4

No, I did not report any bug. Maybe this is one.

Yes, I do get sound in any other apps.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Have you tried different sound file types?

Ogg? Mp3? Wav etc....Do any work?

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Janos G. Komaromi (jankom) said : 		#6

Yes, they all work with Audacity or VLC. In fact, Firefox web page also can play them, and all web based sound effects, u-tube, etc. do work.

Yesterday Thunderbird was updated by Ubuntu to 24.1.1 and I had to update Lightning to 2.6.3 so that my calendar events show, but the notification sound effects or testing the various choices for sound effects still do not work.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#7

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

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Janos G. Komaromi (jankom) said : 		#8

Converted to bug because of no answers after it expired, then SOLVED!

Copied from my bug message,
Quote:
Bug closed - stupid me...
What happened was due to two things, I guess.
(1) The unorthodox location of Tunderbird Profile.
(2) *.wav file association was broken, probably because I removed distro based music player.

Solution:
(a) Right clicked on a wav file, Properties, and set "Open with" to VLC media player.
(b) In Thunderbird and Lightnin Edit Preferences Browse and point back again to my chosen sound file.

Tested and it works.

Hope it'll help someone,

jankom
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Janos G. Komaromi (jankom) said : 		#9

I guess, I have to click on "I still need annswer" in order to change status to "Answered"

(but why?)

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Janos G. Komaromi (jankom) said : 		#10

Problem solved, see message #8

(#9 and #10 are just "MUDA" - or waste)