What you will need: startup sound in ogg format.
Step 1:
Go to System -> Preferences -> Starup Applications
Look for “GNOME Login Sound” in the list. If you don’t want to hear anything at startup, uncheck this box.
If you want to change the sound, press Edit button. Then in the command field you’ll see
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play –id=”desktop-login” –description=”GNOME Login”
Change “desktop-login” to the name of the sound file you want, without file extension.
Click Save and close the startup dialog.
Step 2:
Now you have to copy this new sound (.ogg file) to
/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/
You need root permission to copy the file into this directory which can be done by running nautilus as root.
$sudo nautilus
Then browse to that folder and paste the file there.
Step 3:
Log out and login to listen to the new startup sound.
Thanks! I could finally mute the login sound!
By: claudio on November 9, 2009
at 11:50 pm
You’re welcome.
By: Tito on November 10, 2009
at 8:20 pm
At last a solution for changing the login. Any ideas for logout and all the other sounds for events that were so easy to do in older versions under sounds?
tgpfx
By: Terry Anderson on November 12, 2009
at 11:47 am
I can’t get permission to copy a file into that directory. It says I’m not the owner when I try to change permissions
By: Keith on November 18, 2009
at 8:47 pm
You need root permission to do this.
Run Nautilus as root by typing
$sudo nautilus
in the terminal and browse to that folder.
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I hope that works
By: Tito on November 18, 2009
at 9:26 pm
You are THE MAN !
Thanks a lot sir
By: test on December 3, 2009
at 7:19 am