How to activate sounds in Pidgin
January 18, 2008 – 19:06In case the sound events are not working in Pidgin you can use this solution:
- From the main menu select Tools -> Preferences (or just press the keyboard shortcut CTRL+p).
- From Preferences window select the Sounds tab.
- At the Sound method section, for Method select the Command option.
- In the Sound command field type:
aplay %s

Pidgin Preferences window
Tags: Linux, Pidgin, Pidgin sounds
2 Responses to “How to activate sounds in Pidgin”
Thanks! Very helpful to a Linux new-comer. =]
By Arvin on May 28, 2009
wieso kann ich msn nicht rein .ich kann msn mich nicht anmelden.
By dogu on Mar 14, 2010