GNU bug report logs - #64978
29.1.50; C-g doesn't produce sound on PGTK

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Message #18 received at 64978-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: Daan Ro <daanturo <at> gmail.com>, 64978-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64978: 29.1.50; C-g doesn't produce sound on PGTK
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:34:37 -0700

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> The X build ``beeps'' with Xkb or the X protocol, which in fact results
> in a beep event being sent to a listening audio server module that plays
> a user configurable sound each time it registers such an event.
>
> On Wayland, GDK is responsible for playing the beep sound through the
> Wayland protocol.  I don't really know how that part works, but it's
> unlikely that any failures there can be fixed by us Emacs developers.

Daan Ro <daanturo <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Thank you, I am on KDE Plasma 5.27 (Wayland).
>
> Indeed after switching to GNOME and configuring event sound, I can get the
> desired beep.
>
> But by still leaving the config as-is and switching to Plasma or Hyprland, the
> sound is gone again.

So this doesn't sound like a bug in Emacs, and I'm closing this bug.

If this conclusion is incorrect and this is still an issue, please reply
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reopen the bug report.

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