Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 10:36:27 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: David LeCount <snailboy1@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound died after an upgrade Message-ID: <44d5e8oj9w.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20060519235036.69106.qmail@web53702.mail.yahoo.com> (David LeCount's message of "Fri, 19 May 2006 16:50:36 -0700 (PDT)") References: <20060519235036.69106.qmail@web53702.mail.yahoo.com>
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David LeCount <snailboy1@yahoo.com> writes: > I was upgrading something in my ports tree (I can't > remember what now) when this problem arised. Any time > I try to play anything with audio, the player will > just freeze. It's not locked up, because I can stop > it. In XMMS for instance, I just hit the stop button. > But while it's playing, the time doesn't change, the > spectrum analyzer doesn't dance, there's no sound from > the speakers, etc. I unloaded and reloaded the kernel > module, but no luck. I have updated my ports tree and > recompiled everything except for a few programs that > have nothing to do with sound. I've also done the same > with my kernel and world. I can't pinpoint the problem > at all. I'm tired of using my laptop for sound, so if > anyone has any suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'd guess there's more than one thing going on, so try to eliminate some variables. In particular, use a command-line utility to generate audio. Also, watch for log messages, and for changes in the output of /dev/sndstat.
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