I am new to gnome, but i just can’t believe there is no obvious way to get the calendar alert notification to make any sound?
Its a new install, i have changed nothing.
setting / sound /
All volumes are full, the correct output device, I can select the 4 alert sounds at the bottom and they are audible. Moving the volume slider on the tray menu does make a bing sound.
Settings / notifications /
Do not disturb is OFF, I have check all of these applications and they all have the “sound alerts” switched on.
I am 100% sure i am setting the calender alert correctly (to give a popup & sound) it shows the popup but no sound?
I have been searching for an answer all day, i found Notification Sound but they say there is no help?
I don’t know why, but that setting always seems to change to custom from default no matter what. You’ll see that setting in Tweaks > Appearance as well.
Are you using PulseAudio or PipeWire out of curiousity?
I am also having this issue, and only with some apps! They all show push notifications but only some play sound, despite what I have selected in gnome-settings
As far as I’m aware sound notifications only work with pipewire and not with pulse for some reason, like the volume changing pop. Accidentality discovered it by trying out pipewire.
It was already installed on my system, but it doesn’t change the situation. Everybody on Gnome can easy test it by changing the volume either via clicking with the mouse on the slider of the indicator or the keyborad. In my case it only “pops” on pipewire but not with pulse.
My guess is that it has something to do with pulseaudio sinks. I’ve got the default sink and a custom ladspa sink. However the standard sink is the default, so I’m not sure what’s going on, as the pop works on my ladspa sink but not on the default. On pipewire however the default sink has working sound notifications.
I checked sound notifications in manjaro-gnome-23.0-230903-linux65.iso using PulseAudio
The ‘pop’ sound is audible when changing volume canberra-gtk-play works to play alarm clock notification
Gnome audio settings plays a preview of notification alert sounds when changing between Click; String; Swing & Hum
My guess is that it has something to do with pulseaudio sinks. I’ve got the default sink and a custom ladspa sink. However the standard sink is the default, so I’m not sure what’s going on
To check PulseAudio (or PipeWire) sinks and default sink
pactl list sinks; pactl info | grep Sink
To change default sink to another available sink Name