Which sounds don't work? And in Thunderbird or Firefox? The error you're getting actually comes from GTK when it loads the required GTK modules at initialization (as specified on the xsettings manager window), long before we do anything else with sound.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732572 Title: New Mail Notification Sound does not play in Natty Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Fix Released Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “thunderbird” source package in Oneiric: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird After setting the preference to play a .wav file and selecting a working .wav file, it will not play by ether: 1. Clicking the Play button in the preference dialog 2. Receiving a new email Expected result is that it should play the selected file. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: thunderbird 3.1.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic-pae 2.6.38-rc6 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 10 13:23:55 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110302) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/732572/+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