No system sounds in Debian LXDE

[mef]

I have Jessie LXDE on my pc and Stretch LXDE on a laptop, and both have no system sounds: like notifications, clicks etc. Can it be that LXDE, being a stripped down environment, doesn't provide any system sounds at all? And if so, is there a way to configure them? I basically need to hear a sound when I get new desktop notifications.

[deborah-and-ian]

Can it be that LXDE, being a stripped down environment, doesn't provide any system sounds at all?

I think you might be right. However, a lot of GTK applications for example will use Gnome's sounds if the packages are installed. Search the repositories for system sounds.

[mef]

Thank you. I've looked, but couldn't find any suitable packages to enable sounds. That's a bit disappointing since I've kinda grown to like LXDE)

[arochester]

(As Root)

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 apt install pulseaudio

[mef]

arochester, I already have it installed. It doesn't solve the problem.

[arochester]

Do you have pavucontrol and have you experimented with that?

[mef]

Yes. But it doesn't provide any customization for system sounds apart from volume controls. I guess, that must be some part of the desktop environment, and LXDE doesn't have it.