I think I've found the problem - gnome-sound-properties was displaying a blank sound theme in the drop-down combobox.
The updated gnome-sound-properties in gnome-control-center 1:2.24.0.1-0ubuntu5 wasn't even remembering the sounds I set - on re- opening, it said: (gnome-sound-properties:8030): sound-properties-DEBUG: setting theme __custom (gnome-sound-properties:8030): sound-properties-DEBUG: not found, falling back to fdo (gnome-sound-properties:8030): sound-properties-DEBUG: setting theme freedesktop So I selected the Ubuntu sound them, selected a custom sound, and then the sound theme changed to Custom. Now it both remembers the sound and plays it correctly. PS. Do I have to do anything re bugzilla.gnome.org? -- gnome-sound-properties plays wrong sound https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281535 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs