How do I enable system sounds?

Question

Does anyone know why I can request a URL via webbrowser, but not via http webrequest (GET) in PHP? On my VPS I have an HTTP listener listening on a certain port. When I request the URL, Port, and Path from my browser it works fine, but when I request the URL, Port, and Path from a PHP web request it does not work.

I tried using cURL and a few other methods such as http_get, but none of them seem to work. I think it may have to do with my headers, but I'm not entirely sure. Does anyone have any idea? If you do, please post them.

Here is my current code:

<?php
    $url = 'URL';

     try {
        $response = fetchUrl($url);
        echo $response;
    } catch (Exception $e) {
        error_log('Fetch URL failed: ' . $e->getMessage() . ' for ' . $url);
    }

function fetchUrl($uri) {
    $handle = curl_init();

    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_URL, $uri);
    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POST, false);
    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, false);
    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);

    $response = curl_exec($handle);
    $hlength  = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE);
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    $body     = substr($response, $hlength);

    // If HTTP response is not 200, throw exception
    if ($httpCode != 200) {
        throw new Exception($httpCode);
    }

    return $body;
}
?>

Thanks

Enable Sound Effects

In addition to turning ON Alert volume from System Settings... > Hardware > Sound > Sound effects;

1) Install Ubuntu Tweak (For more info: www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-tweak-gets-full-ubuntu-1210.html)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

2) Go to Tweaks > Sound

3) Enable Event sounds / Input feedback and select a Sound theme, e.g. Ubuntu studio...

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Enable Login Sound

To enable the old login sound, you need to add a new entry to your startup programs:

1. Open Startup Applications from the dash
2. Click Add
3. In the "Command:" line, enter the following command: /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="play login sound"
4. The name and comment aren't necessary, but it may be helpful to name it something like "Login Sound" so you can identify it later if necessary.
5. Click Save

That's it! You should hear the familiar login sound next time you log in.

Comments

[Admin]

I miss 'em too. Sometimes, I pass by somewhere and hear the Windows welcome. I Googled a bit and got the impression that sounds have fallen out of favor.

[ananaso]

That had enabled my sound effects (Thanks so much!), but not the old login sound. Luckily, that was only a google search away, and it's fairly simple to add!