I'm having this problem on Ubuntu 9.04 with the latest JRE (6.14).
More problematic is that if I have Gmail Assistant set to run as a startup application, it grabs hold of the sound hardware and borks sound for the rest of the system (no alsa).
I don't need the Gmail Assistant 'ding' ... is there a command-line switch to disable sound?
Love Gmail Assistant, hope I can smooth this out.
2009-07-25 15:13:01 UTC by smapdi636