Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 13:56:45 -0400 From: Andras Farkas <deepbluemistake@gmail.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Audio broken after an attempt to use USB microphone: advice/help wanted Message-ID: <CAA0nTRvXy7ZYGhRX05DfHDF7A3VGoz1C36zYAT%2B9Uw_M6Lrivg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAA0nTRueTgx5Soahx8esjj2DG-yKTvFF_d9Kui2GB_GSUR4a3Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA0nTRueTgx5Soahx8esjj2DG-yKTvFF_d9Kui2GB_GSUR4a3Q@mail.gmail.com>
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The problem was resolved. All I had to do was: mixer -f /dev/mixer4 -s mix 0 full convo here: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/audio-broken-after-attempt-to-use-usb-microphone-help-wanted.72519/ Thanks so much! On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:26 AM Andras Farkas <deepbluemistake@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello! > > A few months ago, I decided I wanted to setup a USB microphone so I > could have a voice chat with someone. > I followed the instructions in webcamd's pkg-message, specifically to > enable cuse and webcamd. > After rebooting, I noticed there was a constant hissing/static in my > headphones (they just have a regular headphone connector, they're not > USB) whose volume didn't change even as I changed my system's volume. > Things like music or other sounds could be heard along with the > static, and their volume can be controlled. > The microphone also wasn't working, either, though that's not what I > worry about right now. > So I disabled cuse and webcamd, undoing everything I did to enable > them, and rebooted. But the static remained. > And since then, I haven't found a way to get the constant static to > stop. I haven't used any audio at all on FreeBSD since then, and > sorely miss it. > The static seems to start at the same time the login prompt appears on > screen, after the dmesg -a type stuff. > > Does anyone have any ideas? What could enabling cuse or webcamd could > have done that wouldn't have been undone by disabling them? > I'd like to have working sound again so I can listen to music once > more, and would be thankful if anyone could help me. > > Specific information, in case it helps: > $ freebsd-version > 12.0-RELEASE-p10 > $ uname -a > FreeBSD nyann.tanasinn.mochi 12.0-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE-p10 > GENERIC amd64 > I also use Lumina as my DE. > > I originally posted this here: > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/audio-broken-after-attempt-to-use-usb-microphone-help-wanted.72519/
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