I am sorry, I fixed my problem, it turns out that you have to click, then close the window, and then reboot before you do anything else to trigger the old noise. Then it works fine.
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1479470 Title: Unable to set new alert sound default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1479470/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs