startup sound

[Jim Gettys]

On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 13:15 +0200, Simon Schamijer wrote:
> I have been thinking about the startup sound. So is it really the idea 
> to have this be enabled by default? Are the laptops shipped like that or 
> is this for debugging purpose only?
> 
> If yes, have we thought about those cases:
>   - 20 kids turn their laptop on in a class?

We don't expect kids to be rebooting every day.  That's what suspend is
for.

>   - a kid comes late and has to turn on his laptop?
> 
> Even if the idea is to have the kids be able to edit them, we will have 
> the 20 kids be playing their 'sound' each startup. Or are the machines 
> meant to go more often into sleep mode rather than a complete shutdown?
> 
> If this has been thought through already and is all set sorry for the noise,

There may still need to be a way to disable it.
                                   - Jim

>     Simon
> 
> 
> Simon Schampijer wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > since firmware q2c27 the startup sound is enabled by default. Are there 
> > or will there be ways to turn it off and edit it? If, can someone point 
> > me to documentation about it.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >     Simon
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Jim Gettys
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