Hi,
Just wondering does anybody know how to stop alsa beeping at startup when
it trys to restore mixer settings and other things?I know its probably a good sign but
it gets annoying late at night.

cheers

alsa beeps? on the soundcard or the pc speaker?

Most curious. What sort of beep, and what version of alsa?

The beep is kind of a high pitched sound and occurs when linux
is booting up and it says

"Doing an alsactl to restore mixer settings"

My version of alsa is 0.9.6 and i think the beep is coming from the
soundcard.

cheers

hmm ...

ok, i've checked the web, i've checked man, i've checked info and i've checked my own configuration. ....

I know Linux beeps on startup through the PC speaker, so i unplugged that in my case ... test it by unplugging your speakers and see if it still beeps (to save you playing on the inside for the case).

IF it definitely is the soundcard speakers that beep. Check your /etc/rc.d/ scripts ... and see what it uses to run alsactl (switches, etc) or just after it if there are any commands that might cause a sound to be emited.

If you really can't find a way to stop the beeping ... turn the volume on the speakers down during boot, if it wakes people up.

hi
I will check out those rc scripts as you suggested and get back to you.
As for turning off the speakers-i cant because im using a laptop
and the mute button i havent been able to get working yet so
that option is kinda difficult.

cheers

....right ... laptop
get yourself a dodgly old headphone, cut the plug of the cable, plug it into the headphone jack and there shouldn't be sound

**i would like to point out, i have 0 to no clue about the truth in this advice, i have once been given**

still if you plug in something, it should break power to the speakers, so ... do laptops have pc speakers??