GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Troubleshooting Guide

6.2 Sound Events Do Not Work

Problem  

Sound events do not work in Nautilus.

Solution  

Perform the following steps:

  1. Open the Applications menu.

  2. Choose Desktop Preferences -> Sound.

  3. Select the following options:

    • Enable sound server startup

    • Sounds for events

  4. Hover the mouse pointer over file icons to listen to certain types of sound event in Nautilus.

All events are not yet enabled.