From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 14:42:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0CDC16A41C; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:42:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from evantd@washington.edu) Received: from innosense.washington.edu (c-24-19-1-105.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [24.19.1.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A242F43D48; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:42:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from evantd@washington.edu) Received: by innosense.washington.edu (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CC67ABEF4; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:41:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:41:39 -0700 From: Evan Dower To: "Ryan R." Message-ID: <20050624144139.GF54283@innosense.washington.edu> References: <2707.127.0.0.1.1119554458.squirrel@www.epicoftimewasted.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2707.127.0.0.1.1119554458.squirrel@www.epicoftimewasted.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound/volume control problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:42:40 -0000 I am reminded of Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 03:20:58PM -0400 when Ryan R. said: > I'm running 6-CURRENT/amd64 dated Wed Jun 22 11:41:19 PDT 2005, using a > Soundblaster Live! sound card. I have "device sound" and "device > snd_emu10k1" built into the kernel. The card is detected by the kernel, > and the sound appears to work just fine. The problem is the volume > control doesn't work. XMMS for example, gives me this error message when > adjusting the volume (mixer: vol): > > WARNING pid 88402 (xmms): ioctl sign-extension ioctl ffffffffc0044d00 > > And when telling XMMS that volume controls pcm rather than master vol: > > WARNING pid 88405 (xmms): ioctl sign-extension ioctl ffffffffc0044d04 > > In an attempt to rule out XMMS as the problem, I also installed mplayer. > Mplayer doesn't spit out an error message when adjusting the volume, but > the volume stays at a constant level. I've checked the output of mixer, > and that sees the volume changes, but doesn't actually adjust the volume. > > Is this a FreeBSD error, or a user error? Is there anything that I could > try to fix the problem? Thanks. > > Ryan Have you tried using plain-old mixer to change the volume? I wonder if it might give other useful information. # adjust the master volume a couple times mixer 75 mixer 100 # adjust the pcm volume a couple times mixer pcm 100 mixer pcm 75 -- Evan Dower Software Development Engineer Amazon.com, Inc. Public key: http://students.washington.edu/evantd/pgp-pub-key.txt Key fingerprint = D321 FA24 4BDA F82D 53A9 5B27 7D15 5A4F 033F 887D