Startup sound

exvor · 11-27-2004, 12:38 PM

Hey does anyone know how to play a sound when the computer boots. <-- Im not talking about doing it in kde or gnome but rather when you get the login prompt ?

Brian1 · 11-27-2004, 12:45 PM

When booting into KDE to play a sound.

Goto your Control Center/Sound & Multimedia/System Notifacations. Go to KDE System Notifactions in the Event source tab. Click on KDE is starting and click Play a sound at the bottom and enter the location of the wave.

Brian1

exvor · 11-28-2004, 10:51 AM

No not with kde or gnome. I want to play a sound with the computer starts up or a user logs onto the consol.

Brian1 · 11-28-2004, 01:44 PM

You can play a wav at login to a console terminal as it starts by adding the play command and the wav location to your ~/.bashrc. file.

Example: Of my ./bashrc file with play command added

Code:

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions
play /storage1/Multimedia/PinkyBrain/narf.wav

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
	. /etc/bashrc
fi

I think this is what you are looking for.
Brian1

exvor · 11-29-2004, 10:10 AM

Possibly its just funny how slackware doesent have anything in the skel directory so i dont have a bashrc file. No worries tho cause i can make one.

exvor · 11-29-2004, 10:54 AM

That dident work but its ok cause i really dont care anymore. I just wanted to have it so i could know sound was working on boot.

On a off note knoppix does this so maybe i can ask there developers.