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As every time i boot into ubuntu it makes sound, i want to assign a custom sound on startup as well as on log off and shutdown.

Is it possible??

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If you want another sound during login you can do it this way from a terminal sesson:

cd /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo

replace the file desktop-login.ogg with the soundfile you want. You can do it like this (including backup):

$ sudo cp desktop-login.ogg desktop-login.ogg.old
$ sudo cp ~/Downloads/dekstop-login.ogg

If your new file is inside your home's Download directory. I have not seen a default application where you can do this.

And yes, you can create a custom sound from for instance a music clip with audacity. Just make sure you save it as ogg and do not make it too long.

You can also do it like this. From command line

$ gksu nautilus

This will open Nautilus as root. Now navigate to your new file, right click and copy it. Navigate to

/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo 

and click on desktop-login.ogg, press F2, and add .old to the name. Then click on some free space, right click and choose paste.

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  • one more thing i came to know after exploring /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo that by default only one sounds is being played for last two months thats system-ready.ogg out of those , nothing else.desktop-login.ogg and desktop-logout.ogg has never played.Why so?
    – Sukupa91
    Nov 25, 2013 at 11:12
  • see the issue is even desktop-login.ogg is not working .. after starting only drumming tone plays nothing else , no login sounds,shutdown tone nothing at all.
    – Sukupa91
    Nov 30, 2013 at 13:51

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