Since the update to 6.1 i noticed a “Shutdown sound” that did not happen with 6.0
So I searched at the KDE system settings if a “Shutdown sound” was enabled with the update but there is none set.
After listening to the sounds that are set i think it is (probably) the sound for Critical Error but at this stage all (3) Monitors already got blank, everything shuts down just moments later i don’t see what happened.
How do I get rid of that sound at shutdown without disabling the Critical Error sound altogether, how can I even check what happened / find that “error”?
My System:
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
Kernel Version: 6.6.34-1-lts (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX
Memory: 62.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processors: Mesa Intel® Graphics
and Nvidia® 4070 mobile on 555.52.04
Upon your next fresh reboot: have a look through the output of ‘dmesg’ and see what is being listed.
Warnings and errors are usually listed in the output of the dmesg command.
Another place to look would be in the system logs.
Start in /var/log/ or /var/log/journal. The link below looks like a good place to start on a Arch Linux system.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Journal
If you had to, you could go into the configuration file for /etc/systemd/journald.conf and make changes. Just read up on it first before making any changes. And make a copy of the journald.conf file before you edit it.
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Strangely enough, while I “played” a little bit with different journalctl options yesterday the sound at shutdown suddenly disappeared. 10 to 15 Shutdowns silently without any errors while testing around.
I already thought the issue had magically disappeared and than it happened again.
Unfortunately nothing at the log that would indicate a error or warning at that point.
Maybe i have misinterpreted the sound and it is just some “normal” (not normal at that stage thought) Notification sound?
Because yesterday I managed to spot a KDE Notification in the corner once for a millisecond when the sound occurred but the screens blanked so fast that I was unable to read even one letter.
Not happened today at a reboot after installing updates either. Have to keep a eye on it.
Is there a log of (past) KDE Notifications somewhere, or somehow can be activated?
Thanks.
Edit:
Taking a closer look at the log of a shutdown that ended without a Notification sound I found something funny:
kded6[1484]: kf.notifications: Playing audio notification failed: IO error
Seams it tried but just failed to play the sound, but still no clue about what it wanted to notify me.
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Catched it, laughed hard.
How get rid of it (at least KDE notification wise)?
To answer my own question:
It is at the notification settings under “Application settings” (top right) and there at “Service for local system messages” you have to uncheck “play sound” for “new messages received”.
Otherwise you will get a sound at shutdown without a actual shutdown sound set or even an additional sound if you have set a shutdown sound.
Disclaimer: Because I use a localized version the terms above are just literal translations back to English and may not exactly match the official English version.