nsISound.play() will throw that error if libcanberra can't be loaded. Not being able to load libcanberra is also what causes the 'Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"' error from GTK when it initializes.
Are you sure you're not doing something like running a 32-bit build on 64-bit arch. Perhaps try running it in strace to see what is going on? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732572 Title: New Mail Notification Sound does not play in Natty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/732572/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs