There's a preference pane you can install to do this using a pretty GUI. It's called StartupSound.prefPane:

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html

Works great on Panther and Tiger.

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i trashed a perfectly good OS 10.3.9 install on an iMac DV using this prefpane, and reinstalling wasn't easy...after repeatedly clearing the PRAM and resetting OF, i eventually had to reset the PMU to get it to stop having problems.

the prefpane modifies some low-level PRAM resources using a kernel extension (ArcanaPRAM.kext) in order to perform it's function. the author recommends you backup your data before installing, and there is a warning on the website about booting in safe mode to uninstall if your computer has problems booting up. unfortunately, following these instructions did not solve my problem. *shrug*

to be fair, i also installed this software (before realizing it installs a kernel extension) on an eMac and it worked as advertised, and i was able to uninstall it successfully.

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The updated link for the Arcana StartupSound.prefPane tool is http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html The old link above leads to an older version. The newer version (1.1) also works for Mac Intels (I just downloaded and installed it and it worked like a charm on my MacBook Pro)

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I accidentally posted the *old* link on my last comment. Here is the new link: http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/index.en.html

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Oh, is the startup chime still there? Mine disappeared a while back; probably one of the later 10.2 upgrades. (I didn't bother with 10.3, and I'm fairly sure it went before I upgraded to 10.4.) Can't say I miss it!

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Andy/

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There are two issues, which prevented the script from working:

1. use brackets: instead of $OSA use the following:

${OSA}

2. make sure the following line is in a single line:

echo OUTPUT_MUTED=`$OSA -e "output muted of (get volume settings)"` > /etc/volume.settings

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nice script, but it will yield unexpected results with:

set noclobber

and/or

set -C

in, say, an update to /etc/rc.common. use `>!' instead of `>' for certainty.

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this should be

 '>|' 

and not (wham!)

 '>!' 

anyway, this script won't run on a quick restart or

 `sudo reboot` 

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I set this up in Panther but the chime still plays upon start up.
When I run "sh ./etc/rc.shutdown.local" in Terminal the application performs correctly. So does "sh ./etc.rc.local"

/etc/rc.shutdown.local doesn't seem to be a part of the shutdown chain of commands just yet.

Ideas?

Please be gentle... I'm new at this.


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Great Hint!
I cant get it to work though.
I have narrowed it down to the reason being: the osascript command is acting on the wrong home directory. (I think)
I can run the commands/.local files manualy and they work but only from my user shell, if I run it from a root shell it does not work.
I presume the .logout is run as root during logout.


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Unfortunately if I have the headphones connected it's their volume that is muted before shutdown and reset later. Is there a way to specify the speakers?



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The current link for StartupSound PrefPane 1.1b is http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/BETA/index.en.html

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I use Psst! You can set the start up volume as you like.
It runs in the background and uses no CPU:

http://www.satsumac.com/Psst.php


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