Re: [orca-list] Starting X and Sound

[Kenny Hitt <kenny hittsjunk net>]

Hi.  The beep means gdm is waiting for you to login.  You won't get a startup sound until you actually log in 
and
enable system sounds.  You can get gdm to play a sound instead of just beeping the speaker, but that will 
require editing files or running gdmsetup.
Gdmsetup is a GUI app, so you will need Gnome working in order to use it.

          Kenny