From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jun 1 11:41:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D116137B97A for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:41:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (tao.sea.tera.com [207.108.223.55]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA04104; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:41:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.9.3/8.7.3) id LAA85233; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:40:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:40:29 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Alex Varju Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SB16 doens't work in 4.0-STABLE Message-ID: <20000601114029.A85211@tao.thought.org> References: <39364684.EE609EB0@3-cities.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from varju@webct.com on Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 10:58:52AM -0700 X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Alex Varju wrote: > I was hoping for some magical solution to my problem on this thread, but > unfortunately it hasn't happened yet. I have a PCI soundblaster, which > gets identified as: > > $ cat /dev/sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) May 28 2000 15:36:30 > Installed devices: > pcm0: at io 0xb000 irq 10 (1p/1r channels duplex) > > In my kernel config, I have: > > # sound > device pcm > device sbc > > In short, things look like they should work as far as I can tell, but when > I try to play audio, I hear no sound. When I use xmms, for example, it > does think that everything is working...the clock keeps ticking, the > graphic equalizer bounces around, but I hear nothing. > > I don't even think this is a volume issue: > > $ mixer > Mixer vol is currently set to 26:26 > Mixer pcm is currently set to 78:78 > Mixer speaker is currently set to 80:80 > Mixer line is currently set to 78:78 > Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer cd is currently set to 78:78 > Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer line1 is currently set to 78:78 > Mixer video is currently set to 78:78 > > I've been tracking 4.0 for the last year or so, and I could swear that it > did work at some point, but I don't remember at what point it broke. > > Has anybody seen this before/suggestions? > This is really a SWAG, but could your volume be set too low? Re-set it to 100% just for laughs. When I try the light/sound app that I wrote, if /dev/mixer volume is .LT. 30, it is hard to hear anything, esp'ly the lower frq beats. gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message