diff -up kdelibs-4.7.2/knotify/config/knotifyconfigactionswidget.cpp.qt48 kdelibs-4.7.2/knotify/config/knotifyconfigactionswidget.cpp
--- kdelibs-4.7.2/knotify/config/knotifyconfigactionswidget.cpp.qt48	2011-05-20 15:24:54.000000000 -0500
+++ kdelibs-4.7.2/knotify/config/knotifyconfigactionswidget.cpp	2011-10-26 14:18:14.000278236 -0500
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ void KNotifyConfigActionsWidget::slotPla
 	if ( soundURL.isRelative() )
 	{
 		QString soundString = soundURL.toLocalFile();
+		// hack around http://bugs.kde.org/285028
+		if ( soundString.isEmpty() ) 
+		{
+			soundURL.setUrl("file:" + soundURL.url());
+			soundString = soundURL.toLocalFile();
+		}
 		// we need a way to get the application name in order to ba able to do this :
 		/*QString search = QString("%1/sounds/%2").arg(config->appname).arg(soundFile);
 		search = KGlobal::mainComponent().dirs()->findResource("data", search);