Playing a sound when GDM is "ready"

[José Alburquerque <jaalburquerque cox net>]

Hi.  I have bit of a sound question with regards to gdm.  Recently I did
a fresh install of a GNU/Linux system (Debian) running GNOME 2.14.  All
went well except that I configured the Login Window (from my
"Desktop->Administration" menu) for 1) timed login and 2) play the
"generic.wav" sound file (in /usr/share/sounds) when the login screen is
ready.

My system is running alsa and all sound applications (like xmms, totem,
etc.) work just fine.  In fact, my session runs esound (esd) and all my
gnome sounds play fine (ie. when I select a menu or press a button, etc.)

GDM, however, does not play the sound file I selected.  Would anyone
have any idea why gdm would not play sound?  When gdm comes up (after a
logout or a boot up), it only makes the "computer sound" (from the
computer cpu) but no sound to the speakers.

A simple explanation as to what gdm does to play a sound would help
greatly!  Thanks very much

--
Sincerely
Jose Alburquerque


--
Sincerely
Jose Alburquerque