Somewhere between Tribe 5 and the most recent Gutsy update, this appears to have been fixed. I can no longer can cause gdm to become unresponsive after playing sounds.
** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Desktop halts loading when startup sound is played https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86162 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs