Enable system sounds in Xfce

This works in Manjaro Xfce 64bit

  1. Enable event sounds and input feedback sounds in Settings > Appearance > Settings tab
  2. Go back to All Settings and scroll down to select Settings Editor
  3. Click on xsettings in the left column, and change the SoundThemeName value (by double clicking it) to the sound theme folder name in /usr/share/sounds/.. e.g. freedesktop
  4. Make sure your System Sounds volume is high enough
  5. You can add more sound themes from http://xfce-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=alpha&page=0&xcontentmode=25
  6. To get the startup and shutdown sounds to work -> http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201305/page09.html

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