How do I change the start up sound?

Question

How do i change the start up background music in Ubuntu and can i add any customized music for startup? What are the various ways of setting this?

Solution 1

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.

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You can also do it like this. From commandline

gksu nautilus

This will open Nautilus as root. Now navigate to your new file, rightclick 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, rightclick and choose paste

Solution 2

I believe you are referring to the sound file here:

/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg

Which is a symbolic link to:

/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/dialog-question.ogg

You could simply backup these files and replace with your own files.

Solution 3

/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg is a symbolic link to dialog-question.ogg. Therefore, remove the symbolic link and copy the sound you want to system-ready.ogg:

sudo rm /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg

sudo cp myfunkysound.ogg /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg

To restore the original conditions after doing the above, do this:

sudo rm /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg

cd /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/

ln -s dialog-question.ogg system-ready.ogg