This section explains how to play a sound when a non- sudo user tries to use shutdown.

Shutdown: ' That's something I can not allow to happen.'

Save file, exit gedit, and HAL should now speak on next session opening.Ģ. conf file in ~/.config/upstart/: gedit ~/.config/upstart/nfĬopy and paste this content: start on startup This section explains how to play a sound on session opening ( source).Ĭreate a.

We will use paplay from the PulseAudio server, so there is nothing else to install.

Of course, you can use many other sounds and customize your own HAL!.

We are going to use function.wav, cantalow.wav, 1moment.wav, better.wav goodbye.wav, and message4u.wav (old sounds from, find your own custom sounds from the link above).

More HAL sounds are available in The 2001 Archive.

EDIT : as pointed by Becerra in comments, is now broken.

Download the HAL sounds and store them in a folder, let's say ~/audio/hal/.

I'm waiting for more contributions, and I'll make a single script for all changes.

play a sound along with unknown command error message: 'I'm afraid I can't do that.'.

play a sound after a coreutils command (or any command) took a long time to complete: 'I'm sorry for the delay.'.

Just a moment.' Maybe, some script with progress could work?

play a sound when a coreutils command (like cp, dd) is going to take a long time to complete: 'Just a moment.

play a sound on second wrong sudo password prompt: 'Just what do you think your doing, Dave?'.

play a sound on first wrong sudo password prompt: 'I'm sorry Dave.

new email: 'There is a message for you'.

shutdown: 'I'm afraid that's something I can not allow to happen' / 'Goodbye'.

At least, I would like it to play sounds on :

I want Ubuntu to sound like HAL 9000, from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Stanley Kubrick.

Hal 9000 sounds