Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:38:18 +0000 From: Gautham Ganapathy <gautham@lisphacker.org> To: bw <bw.mail.lists@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS on USB / Sound on alienware m11x Message-ID: <BANLkTik0WEq8G6dfsusVqsKU_dPHFnYsQg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1303199909.11924.6.camel@amnesiac.contorgroup.ro> References: <BANLkTimJqD1MNVFSK39Bx8L=sNC6Yn6uCw@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTi=FxgD=-jCG7gv6Jp0n%2B%2BLOZg482Q@mail.gmail.com> <1303199909.11924.6.camel@amnesiac.contorgroup.ro>
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On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:58 AM, bw <bw.mail.lists@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 19:23 +0000, Gautham Ganapathy wrote: >> > Under /dev, I can see six devices dsp0.0,dsp1.1,dsp2.1,dsp3.1,dsp4.0 >> > and dsp5.1. I tried playing an mp3 file using mpg123 and gave each of >> > these devices using the -a option, but none of them worked. The output >> > tab under the GNOME sound preferences shows the devices dsp0, dsp1, >> > dsp2, dsp3, dsp4 and dsp5. None of them seem to work either. >> > >> > Any ideas on how to get the wound working? >> > >> > Gautham >> > >> >> Update: This is strange. Apparently, sound works under VLC (default >> settings) , but not on Totem, flash or mpg123. > > I had the same problem. Sound is being sent to /dev/dsp0 by default, > which is the NV card. Try setting hw.snd.default_unit with sysctl. > Probably "sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=4" would work, from what I see, you > should hear sound if you cat a file to /dev/dsp4. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > It worked ! Totem, flash and mpg123 works fine. VLC stopped working, but after switching the output module to OSS, even that came up ! Now to install fbsd on the laptop! If only the builtin wireless worked, but I can make do with USB wifi for now Thanks and regards Gautham
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