[SOLVED] Warning tones - but what are they warning about?
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I'm running Kubuntu 14.04. A number of times I've been hearing a warning sound consisting of four rising notes in (I think) a minor key. I've done dmesg| tail and it provides no clue at all -- its contents are the same before and after the warning sound. In fact, I heard that sound while composing this very message. So how can I determine what that sound is trying to tell me?
It might just be a notification of an available update or an incoming email. There are lots of sounds stored in /usr/share/sounds. The configuration tool is buried somewhere in the System Settings menu, I believe.
Now that I've identified the sound as KDE-Sys-Question.ogg, it's almost certainly something that KDE generates. I just have to find out what that is. There's probably some directory that I can do a find on, but I don't know which one.
I've discovered that kmail plays this sound when a new message arrives. Since I'm using kmail and get a lot of mail, that's the most likely cause. I've disabled the sound there, and I'll see if I hear it again.
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