Playing a sound when GDM is "ready"

[José Alburquerque <jaalburquerque yahoo com>]

Hi.  I have bit of a sound question with regards to gdm.  Recently I did 
a fresh install of a GNU/Linux system (Debian) running GNOME 2.14.  All 
went well except that I configured the Login Window (from my 
"Desktop->Administration" menu) for 1) timed login and 2) play the 
"generic.wav" sound file (in /usr/share/sounds) when the login screen is 
ready.

My system is running alsa and all sound applications (like xmms, totem, 
etc.) work just fine.  In fact, my session runs esound (esd) and all my 
gnome sounds play fine (ie. when I select a menu or press a button, etc.)

GDM, however, does not play the sound file I selected.  Would anyone 
have any idea why gdm would not play sound?  When gdm comes up (after a 
logout or a boot up), it only makes the "computer sound" (from the 
computer cpu) but no sound to the speakers.

A simple explanation as to what gdm does to play a sound would help 
greatly!  Thanks very much

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Sincerely
Jose Alburquerque