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This is my first question on here so please don't destroy me, i would like to enable a logging off sound when turning off or restarting Ubuntu, i have some custom sounds installed and have managed to get system ready and logging ON to work, however all questions i have looked for regarding this are over 6 years old and don't actually address what I'm trying to do. I have a few different .ogg files and have basically deleted the old ones and pasted in the new.

Thanks.

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  • See askubuntu.com/questions/293312 , and look for the excellent systemd-related answer, for how to trigger an event upon logout in 16.04 and newer releases of Ubuntu.
    – user535733
    Feb 19, 2017 at 14:31

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You can use the program music123 to play the sound

sudo apt install music123

Then create a init file to trigger a file to play

sudo nano /etc/init.d/K01sdsound.sh

In that file do something like 

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/music123 /yourpath/yourfile.format

Make your file executable

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/K01sdsound.sh

Test your file

/etc/init.d/K01sdsound.sh

Now that your file plays a song or sound you need to tell it to run on logoff you can add it to your lightdm config, lets create a new config file

sudo nano /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-sdsound.conf

add to this new file

[SeatDefaults]
session-cleanup-script=/etc/init.d/K01sdsound.sh

You now have sound on logoff

Or if you want it on shutdown create a symbolic link from your file to /etc/rc0.d so your system runs it on shutdown either/also

sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/K01sdsound.sh /etc/rc0.d/K01sdsound.sh
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  • Answers for new versions of Ubuntu should use systemd, not init.
    – Nonny Moose
    Feb 19, 2017 at 17:58

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