Index: gnome-session/gsm-sound.c
===================================================================
--- gnome-session/gsm-sound.c.orig
+++ gnome-session/gsm-sound.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include <libgnome/libgnome.h>
+#include <libgnome/gnome-util.h>
+#include <libgnome/gnome-config.h>
 
 #define ENABLE_SOUND_KEY        "/desktop/gnome/sound/enable_esd"
 #define ENABLE_EVENT_SOUNDS_KEY "/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds"
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ reset_esd_pid (GPid     pid,
 static void
 start_esd (void) 
 {
-  gchar  *argv[] = {ESD_SERVER, "-nobeeps", NULL};
+  gchar  *argv[] = {ESD_SERVER, "-terminate", "-nobeeps", NULL};
   GError *err = NULL;
   time_t  starttime;
 
@@ -93,6 +95,81 @@ start_esd (void) 
     }
 }
 
+
+static gboolean
+load_login_sample_from (const char *file,
+		gboolean   *isset)
+{
+	char *key;
+	char *sample_file;
+	int sample_id;
+
+	if (!file)
+		return FALSE;
+
+	key = g_strconcat ("=", file, "=login/file", NULL);
+	sample_file = gnome_config_get_string (key);
+	g_free (key);
+
+	if (sample_file && isset)
+		*isset = TRUE;
+	else if (isset)
+		*isset = FALSE;
+
+	if (sample_file && *sample_file && *sample_file != '/')
+	{
+		char *tmp_sample_file;
+		tmp_sample_file = gnome_program_locate_file (NULL, GNOME_FILE_DOMAIN_SOUND, sample_file, TRUE, NULL);
+		g_free (sample_file);
+		sample_file = tmp_sample_file;
+	}
+
+	if (!(sample_file && *sample_file))
+	{
+		g_free (sample_file);
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	sample_id = esd_sample_getid (gnome_sound_connection_get (), "gnome-2/login");
+	if (sample_id >= 0)
+		esd_sample_free (gnome_sound_connection_get (), sample_id);
+
+	sample_id = gnome_sound_sample_load ("gnome-2/login", sample_file);
+
+	if (sample_id < 0)
+	{
+		g_warning ("Couldn't load sound file %s\n", sample_file);
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	g_free (sample_file);
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+#define SOUND_EVENT_FILE "sound/events/gnome-2.soundlist"
+	static gboolean
+load_login_sample (void)
+{
+	char *s;
+	gboolean loaded;
+	gboolean isset;
+
+	s = gnome_util_home_file (SOUND_EVENT_FILE);
+	loaded = load_login_sample_from (s, &isset);
+	g_free (s);
+
+	if (isset)
+		return loaded;
+
+	s = gnome_program_locate_file (NULL, GNOME_FILE_DOMAIN_CONFIG, SOUND_EVENT_FILE, TRUE, NULL);
+	loaded = load_login_sample_from (s, NULL);
+	g_free (s);
+
+	return loaded;
+}
+
+
 static void
 stop_esd (void)
 {
@@ -126,7 +203,7 @@ sound_init (void)
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  return TRUE;
+  return load_login_sample();
 }
 
 static void 
@@ -229,6 +306,4 @@ gsm_sound_logout (void)
 {
   if (sound_events_enabled ())
     play_sound_event ("logout");
-
-  sound_shutdown ();
 }