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I'm trying to get a wav to play as my system bell, rather then my pc speaker (which, since I use headphones, I can't even hear)
I'm using pulse audio, and am loading the x11-bell module, and the wav file into pulse audio via these lines below (taken from my pulse audio config at ~/.config/pulse/default.pa)
load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/custom-beep.wav
load-module module-x11-bell sample=x11-bellAs far as I can tell this is successful, since pulseaudio starts (even if i have these entries within .nofail); And while trying to debug I ran pulse audio logging verbose and it seems to say the modules loaded.
Here's the command I used to log
pulseaudio -vvvv --log-time=1 > ~/pulselog.log 2>&1here's some of the log file via grep (The whole output is ~2000 lines)
grep bell pulselog.log -B 2 -A 2
( 0.977| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-filter-heuristics" (index: #21; argument: "").
( 0.977| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-filter-apply" (index: #22; argument: "").
( 0.977| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-x11-bell" (index: #23; argument: "sample=x11-bell").
( 0.977| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Got org.PulseAudio1!
( 0.978| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Got org.pulseaudio.Server!
--
( 105.261| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
( 105.261| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for pactl
( 105.261| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] core-scache.c: Created sample "x11-bell" (#0), 26460 bytes with sample spec float32le 1ch 44100Hz
( 105.262| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] client.c: Freed 1 "pactl"
( 105.262| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: Connection died.
--
( 218.544| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Exiting.
( 218.544| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon shutdown initiated.
( 218.544| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloading "module-x11-bell" (index: #23).
( 218.544| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloaded "module-x11-bell" (index: #23).
( 218.544| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloading "module-filter-apply" (index: #22).
( 218.544| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloaded "module-filter-apply" (index: #22).during this log I also ran
pactl upload-sample /usr/share/sounds/custom-beep.wav x11-bellto ensure that the wav was actually loaded.
Now, URXvt makes a bell through the PC Speaker up until I load pulseaudio with the x11-bell module. After that, all I hear is silence when using
echo -e "\a"Also, my volume (for the bell) is set to 100
xset -q | grep bell
bell percent: 100 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100I'm unsure how to debug this, and I also don't have a good understanding of pulseaudio, nor x11. So I imagine I could be missing a large step.
Also, I'm using I3 for my WM and launching pulseaudio within my .xinitrc via
pulseaudio --start, in case that's at all relevant.
I've been going by a variety of forum posts in order to figure this out, however this link was the most helpful: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/769314
Here's my complete pulse audio config file
#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
# (i.e. not in system mode)
.nofail
### Load something into the sample cache
#load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav
#load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
#load-sample-lazy pulse-coldplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
#load-sample-lazy pulse-access /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav
.fail
### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore
### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
### stored in /usr/share/application
load-module module-augment-properties
### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect
load-module module-switch-on-port-available
### Load audio drivers statically
### (it's probably better to not load these drivers manually, but instead
### use module-udev-detect -- see below -- for doing this automatically)
#load-module module-alsa-sink
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink
### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
load-module module-detect
.endif
### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif
### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
# .ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
# load-module module-bluetooth-policy
# .endif
# .ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
# load-module module-bluetooth-discover
# .endif
### Load several protocols
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix
### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-zeroconf-publish
### Load the RTP receiver module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv
### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 sink_properties="device.description='RTP Multicast Sink'"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor
### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
.ifexists module-gconf.so
.nofail
load-module module-gconf
.fail
.endif
### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore
### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams
### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink
### Honour intended role device property
load-module module-intended-roles
### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle
### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
### when no local session needs us anymore.
.ifexists module-console-kit.so
load-module module-console-kit
.endif
.ifexists module-systemd-login.so
load-module module-systemd-login
.endif
### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds
### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
load-module module-role-cork
### Modules to allow autoloading of filters (such as echo cancellation)
### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters
### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of
### loading modules and rerouting streams.
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply
# X11 modules should not be started from default.pa so that one daemon
# can be shared by multiple sessions.
### Load X11 bell module
load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/custom-beep.wav
load-module module-x11-bell sample=x11-bell
### Register ourselves in the X11 session manager
# load-module module-x11-xsmp
### Publish connection data in the X11 root window
#.ifexists module-x11-publish.so
#.nofail
#load-module module-x11-publish
#.fail
#.endif
### Make some devices default
#set-default-sink output
#set-default-source input
# load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:1,7Last edited by iamcatastrophe (2014-11-10 00:39:03)
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Messing around some today I have more information, though I'm just about at my wits end.
I'm fairly convinced its not related to pulseaudio, And I believe I'm just losing XkbBellNotify events, and I have no idea why.
I arrived at this conclusion after reading the discussion here https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s … ion/208391. I decided to try to listen to the XkbBellNotify event with xkbevd, and then produce a bell sound that way (circumventing pulseaudio)
I used the command
xkbevd -cfg ~/xkbevd.cf -sc "canberra-gtk-play -f"with ~/xkbevd.cf below
soundDirectory = "/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/"
Bell() "bell.oga &"The output of xkbevd never contains the XkbBellNotify event, even while using arrow keys around my terminal, or by invoking
echo -e "\a"However when leaving this running, I do get the sounds I expect by invoking xkbbell directly in the terminal. xkbbell also works the way I expect when I only utilize the pulseaudio module (and not xkbevd). If I leave both on I get multiple sounds.
This leaves me thinking that, for some reason, XkbBellNotify events are simply not happening within my terminal (URxvt) or other applications (AFAIK). Do I need to configure something to make that happen? Is this related to me not using a desktop environment? I simply run I3 in X11 (launched from slim).
I do not actually understand the section about debugging x keyboard extention on the arch wiki, and am unsure if it actually applies to my situation.
Is there a chance I've misconfigured xkb when setting up my keyboard layout?
The only messing around with xkb that i'm doing is a simple remapping of caps to my super key
setxkbmap -option caps:superAlso, one other strange thing. If I just run xkbevd with no arguments, i get the following output:
xkbevd
Temporarily disabling the audible bell
XkbControlsNotify event, serial 9, synthetic no, device 3, time 13459594,
changed= 0x80000000, enabled= 0x11a1, enabledChanges= 0x200
num_groups= 1
request -121/7 (NON-XKB)
XkbBellNotify event, serial 12, synthetic no, device 3, time 13459594,
bell class= 0, id= 0
percent= 100, pitch= 400, duration= 100
name= "ImAlive"
window= 0x0, event_onlywhich actually does contain a XkbBellNotify Event! This happens only once, every time i just invoke xkbevd, and pulseaudio will indeed play the bell sound when this happens.
I'm thoroughly confused and Any help would really be appreciated.
Last edited by iamcatastrophe (2014-11-10 00:51:00)
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Ok, well, in more experimentation, I've learned that URXvt, isn't utilizing xkbbell, and instead is using xbell. For whatever reason xbell is not producing these events for me.
I've decided for now just to switch to XCFE-Terminal, and am now hearing the wav on terminal bells.
Not sure if this is expected behaviour for URXvt (and others utilizing xbell), or if I have a bad configuration. Either way, Terminal seems a lot more capable in a few minutes use anyway, and only installed 4.7mb of dependencies.
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