From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Nov 8 08:57:52 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA59CC36212 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2016 08:57:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95916C61 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2016 08:57:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-250-109.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.250.109]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E959277AF; Tue, 8 Nov 2016 09:57:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id uA88vhdN005726; Tue, 8 Nov 2016 09:57:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 09:57:43 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Jens Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound Problems [Noob Question] Message-Id: <20161108095743.1b5c46ed.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20161108084122.GB1197@bsd.lan> References: <20161108084122.GB1197@bsd.lan> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 08:57:52 -0000 On Tue, 8 Nov 2016 09:41:22 +0100, Jens wrote: > Hi Guys, > > the solution to my problem is probably easy but i can't find it. > > The only sound i get from my > > \code > # uname -a > > FreeBSD bsd.lan 11.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD > 11.0-RELEASE-p1 #0 r306420: Thu Sep 29 01:43:23 UTC 2016 > root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > \endcode > > other then some garbled static or a feedback loop when i begin closing > my notebook ( a ASUS F751M ). Have you checked your mixer settings? The command "mixer" provided by the OS can do this. Example: % mixer Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 Mixer line is currently set to 0:0 Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 Mixer cd is currently set to 0:0 Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0 Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0 Mixer monitor is currently set to 0:0 Recording source: mic If the system exposes more than one mixer to the OS, the -f flag can be used to query and set the various mixers. See "man mixer" for details. > I tested the speaker system itself by booting a live linux and it worked > out of the box, but i would like to stick with FreeBSD. Maybe Linux defaults to a different audio unit? Modern hardware often does have more than one "sound card" (similar to mixers). The sysctl "hw.snd.default_unit" can control which unit will be used. > I included my /etc/rc.conf and my /boot/loader.conf . Allow me to quote the relevant entries: [rc.conf text/plain (911B)] pulseaudio_enable="YES" #oss_enable="YES" Do you have the playback problem from inside a IDE, or does the problem also appear when you test audio "on bare metal"? How do you test audio? [loader.conf text/plain (1.3KB)] #snd_hda_load="YES" #snd_driver_load="YES" It's okay to comment those entries because the GENERIC kernel (which you are using as per "uname -a") does already include the sound driver. > If you have any ideas what i can try or which configs you need, i will > try to answer ASAP. Always check the output of the following commands: % dmesg | grep ^pcm % cat /dev/sndstat Verify that the correct sound driver has successfully been loaded. Also have a look at the handbook section about sound: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/sound-setup.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...