Fixed by patching libgnome to forget ESD cached sample IDs when the user changes sounds, and gnome-control-center to update a gconf key that libgnome and gnome-settings-daemon listen to, to refresh sound samples. These changes are suitable for main Ubuntu too. I'll attach patches.
** Also affects: netbook-remix Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: netbook-remix Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Terry (mterry) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: netbook-remix-launcher Status: Triaged => Invalid -- Settings in System Sounds aren't effective until reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262639 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