09-04-2008
Do you get anything in your .xsession-errors during the long time it's thinking? I used to have something like that which I think I traced to a startup sound which wouldn't play because the sound config was hosed.
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gnome-sound-properties
gnome-sound-properties(1) User Commands gnome-sound-properties(1)
NAME
gnome-sound-properties - enable sound, and associate sounds with events
SYNOPSIS
gnome-sound-properties [--apply] [--get-legacy] [--init-session-settings] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME sound preference tool enables you to control which sound device is used for audio playback. You can specify sounds to play when
particular events occur, and control system beep behavior.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--apply Apply the settings and quit (supported for backwards compatibility only)
--init-session-settings Just apply settings and quit (supported for backwards compatibility only)
--get-legacy Retrieve and store legacy settings
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the gnome-sound-properties tool
example% gnome-sound-properties
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-sound-properties Executable for gnome-sound-properties
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-control-center(1), libesd(3), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 09 Nov 2007 gnome-sound-properties(1)