On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Colin Guthrie<gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote: > I suspect this is indeed the case. The KDE system sounds are not tied in to > the pulse ones. I think there is a little hack you can do for this tho' > (I've not tested): > > Write a small script called kdepulsenotify.sh and put it somewhere, > > In the script do: > > #!/bin/bash > export PULSE_PROP_media.role="event" > exec paplay "$1" > > Make your script executable. > > In systemsettings go to: > > Notifications -> Player Settings -> Use External Player > enter the path to your script. > That is such a cool cheap hack! I had figured it would be a cold day that you could route KDE event sounds through Pulse correctly, but this hack does seem to do the basic job. In two lines. :) Sorry, I'll curb my enthusiasm until I actually try this, but it seems too simple to not work.
