Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:48:13 +1030 From: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> To: Robert William Vesterman <bob@vesterman.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound works with kldload, but not /boot/loader.conf? Message-ID: <20041213031812.GG1647@internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <41BCF040.4090202@vesterman.com> References: <41BCF040.4090202@vesterman.com>
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On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 08:28:32PM -0500, Robert William Vesterman said: > Hi, > > I just tried playing a WAV file using xmms (this is the first time I've > tried anything with sound on my installation). It issued a very generic > error message, telling me things like "make sure your device is > installed". I did some research (mostly in the FreeBSD handbook), and > eventually got my sound working by doing a "kldload snd_driver". > > I then changed /boot/loader.conf to contain the line: > > snd_driver_load="YES" > > So that I wouldn't have to "kldload snd_driver" every time. After > rebooting, xmms acted like it was playing the song - no error message, > equalizer lights happily jumping around, et cetera - but no sound came out. You may need to adjust your mixer settings. Run 'mixer' and have a look at the output. You can modify any of the settings there by running, for example: mixer pcm 90 mixer vol 90 (for me to get any sound at all, I need to have both of these turned up). You can then store those settings somehow but I can't remember how to do that off the top of my head. -- Adam Smith Internode : http://www.internode.on.net Phone : (08) 8228 2999
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