I did some extensive research into this bug tonight and I found that at it's heart, the issue is that compiz is not properly handling the system beep. There is nothing wrong with gnome-netool. The root bug is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/301174
I think that it is unlikely that the system beep, which is quite annoying IMHO will be enabled in compiz by default anytime soon, so, if you really need this feature, you can work around this bug in the following ways: from your terminal: 1) load the pcspkr kernel module: sudo modprobe pcspkr 2) run "xset b on" 3) launch gnome-nettool 4) enable the beep and ping away To make the above changes permanent, add the xset line to your bashrc file and then comment out the blacklist entry for pcspkr in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist Another option is to build and enable the compiz-bell plugin (untried, but suggested to me): https://github.com/hypodermia/compiz-bell-plugin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-nettool in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188617 Title: no beep on ping Status in “gnome-nettool” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-nettool After turning on "Beep on ping" under the Tool menu, I still can't hear any pings. I checked the sound set-up with aplay. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+bug/188617/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
