On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:57:36 +0100, Sebastian Köhler <sebkoehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've two problems with ifplugd and net-auto-wired. When ifplugd is > started during boot my speakers make a weird and very loud "moep" > sound. When started from a console after boot no such sound occurs. Intel and via sound chips have a tendency to make noise in some conditions like acpi wakeup, or sudden power drop in weak laptops. Try to blacklist your sound driver and load it after whatever causes the noise. Never read about anything but a "plop" noise, so not sure if that's related.