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I cannot hear an audible alert on Google Chat even when sound is enabled

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I cannot hear the audible alert on Google Chat even though I have enabled sound in the options. This is so with both Google Chrome and Firefox on Ubuntu Natty. It would be nice to hear a beep of some sort when a typed reply arrives.

Any hints on what further needs to be done is most appreciated.

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answered 2 Years ago doredtness · Accepted Answer

I had the same issue for a long time and it was due to an add-on configuration. I use Flashblock and Gmail uses Flash to play sounds, so sound playing was getting blocked. It was not an Ubuntu specific problem, all I had to do was white list the right URLs:

mail.google.com, for Gmail;

www.google.com, for iGoogle;

www.orkut.com, for Orkut.

I tested this in Ubuntu 12.04 & Firefox 12 (reference link).