1. The first step is find some sounds that you like. Here is a good place to start:


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Make sure you get the .wav format.

2. As root copy the startup and logout sounds to /usr/share/sounds/

3. To add a startup sound, add a line like this to the top of ~/.xinitrc
4. To add logout sounds, edit /usr/bin/logout.sh (as root) as follows:
5. Reboot and enjoy.

john

Note: The ideas presented here were taken from the mintfb project.

Thanks!

You're welcome! Startup sounds and desktop icons seem to be pretty controversial subjects; I wasn't sure if anyone else would dig it as much as I do. Glad you like it. Also, when the next antix is released we'll be using a new logout script, but don't worry, you can edit that file to get sounds also (same tweak by the way).

Glad I could help.

john

Thank you
I was just looking into that at ubuntu forums:

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Thanks, Harii. That's an interesting thread. The underlying solution is the same: write a script that plays a sound and then launches the app. I never thought of applying the solution to applications. Pretty cool. Good find!

john

OU812 wrote:Startup sounds and desktop icons seem to be pretty controversial subjects; I wasn't sure if anyone else would dig it as much as I do. Glad you like it. Also, when the next antix is released we'll be using a new logout script, but don't worry, you can edit that file to get sounds also (same tweak by the way).

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Regards,
-- Dr. U

it's in antiX 7.5, check it out:

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For 7.5

/usr/local/bin/exitantix.sh

For the 7.2 script, the path is the same, but I forgot the name of the logout script. Just look around in /usr/local/bin and look for a file that sounds like a logout script.

john

if you would like speech?:

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it gets old fast--but its cool!