Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread JD
On 05/19/2012 03:30 PM, Frank Cox wrote: On Sat, 19 May 2012 13:28:12 -0700 JD wrote: When I mute the speakers, the sound disappears. If it's an electrical problem that causes the speakers to crackle, i.e. hardware, muting the speakers could also make the sound go away. So you haven't elimina

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread JD
On 05/19/2012 02:16 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/20/2012 05:04 AM, JD wrote: At this point I am willing to try all good suggestions, your included. 2 ideas. 1. Create a new user and login as that user. This should eliminate a per user setting. 2. Boot a LiveCDusing the spin of the

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread Frank Cox
On Sat, 19 May 2012 13:28:12 -0700 JD wrote: > When I mute the speakers, > the sound disappears. If it's an electrical problem that causes the speakers to crackle, i.e. hardware, muting the speakers could also make the sound go away. So you haven't eliminated hardware as the issue yet. -- MELV

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/20/2012 05:04 AM, JD wrote: > At this point I am willing to try all good suggestions, > your included. 2 ideas. 1. Create a new user and login as that user. This should eliminate a per user setting. 2. Boot a LiveCDusing the spin of the DE you are using. -- Never be afraid

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread JD
On 05/19/2012 01:53 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 05/19/2012 01:28 PM, JD wrote: When I mute the speakers, the sound disappears. Open a terminal and run this command as root: tail -f /var/log/messages and see if anything pops up there at about the same time as the sound. If not, try this as yourse

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/19/2012 01:28 PM, JD wrote: When I mute the speakers, the sound disappears. Open a terminal and run this command as root: tail -f /var/log/messages and see if anything pops up there at about the same time as the sound. If not, try this as yourself: tail -f ~/.xsession-errors to see

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread JD
On 05/19/2012 09:51 AM, Frank Cox wrote: On Sat, 19 May 2012 08:33:38 -0700 JD wrote: Well, it is kinda starting to sound more like a hardware issue. I suppose I've assumed you've eliminated that You can always go to /usr/share/sounds and play all that is there to find if any match. Pla

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread Frank Cox
On Sat, 19 May 2012 08:33:38 -0700 JD wrote: > > Well, it is kinda starting to sound more like a hardware issue. I suppose > > I've assumed you've eliminated that > > > > You can always go to /usr/share/sounds and play all that is there to find > > if any match. > > > Played all of them in 5

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread JD
On 05/19/2012 02:16 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/19/2012 04:50 PM, JD wrote: No, I played the sound file you mention. The rattle I hear is like RRR It is kind of faint, and fades quickly to silence - has that rattle I am trying to express with the sound of the letter R as the Scots roll their

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread JD
On 05/19/2012 02:10 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 05/19/2012 01:50 AM, JD wrote: While typing this message, I laptop made that sound 3 times. frikin' thing is annoying! Mute your system sounds. If you still hear it, it's hardware. I have done that. It is an audio sound. -- users mailing list use

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/19/2012 04:50 PM, JD wrote: > No, I played the sound file you mention. > The rattle I hear is like RRR > It is kind of faint, and fades quickly to silence - has that > rattle I am trying to express with the sound of the letter > R as the Scots roll their R's. > In school, we uses to use o

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/19/2012 01:50 AM, JD wrote: While typing this message, I laptop made that sound 3 times. frikin' thing is annoying! Mute your system sounds. If you still hear it, it's hardware. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://a

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-19 Thread JD
On 05/18/2012 07:00 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/19/2012 09:37 AM, JD wrote: I looked at Settings->Appearance->Settings->Event Sounds It is not checked. I continue to get this rattle sound being played many times while system is up and running. I checked thunderbird, and it has all it's even noti

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/19/2012 09:37 AM, JD wrote: > I looked at Settings->Appearance->Settings->Event Sounds > It is not checked. > I continue to get this rattle sound being played many times > while system is up and running. > I checked thunderbird, and it has all it's even notifiers unchecked. > Is there anythin

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-18 Thread JD
On 05/12/2012 12:28 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/12/2012 02:29 PM, JD wrote: FC16. What is the daemon that plays a sound, seemingly at random, and it sounds like a rattle ? I have heard this while running previous versions of fedora. I'm fairly sure it is DE dependent. One can make KDE quite

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-12 Thread JD
On 05/12/2012 01:28 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/12/2012 02:29 PM, JD wrote: FC16. What is the daemon that plays a sound, seemingly at random, and it sounds like a rattle ? I have heard this while running previous versions of fedora. I'm fairly sure it is DE dependent. One can make KDE quite

Re: audio notification from system

2012-05-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/12/2012 02:29 PM, JD wrote: > FC16. > What is the daemon that plays a sound, seemingly > at random, and it sounds like a rattle ? > > I have heard this while running previous versions of fedora. > > I'm fairly sure it is DE dependent. One can make KDE quite noisy by going to "System Settin

audio notification from system

2012-05-11 Thread JD
FC16. What is the daemon that plays a sound, seemingly at random, and it sounds like a rattle ? I have heard this while running previous versions of fedora. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman