From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 21 16:55:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DEF616A4CE for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:55:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from pit.databus.com (p70-227.acedsl.com [66.114.70.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C454443D1D for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:55:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: from pit.databus.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pit.databus.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1M0sxKD007351; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:54:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by pit.databus.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i1M0sxLA007350; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:54:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:54:59 -0500 From: Barney Wolff To: Richard Cox Message-ID: <20040222005459.GA7115@pit.databus.com> References: <200402211842.20035.conardcox@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200402211842.20035.conardcox@earthlink.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/mixer doesn't work X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:55:03 -0000 On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 06:42:19PM -0500, Richard Cox wrote: > > I don't have any volume control on my sound card at all. It's stuck full > blast, and nothing will have any affect on it. I've had this problem since I > installed 5.2 a little over a month ago. I've noticed one or two other > people mention it, but never seen anything about a possible fix. Here are > some particulars: At the risk of sounding silly, I'd say try the other sockets on the card, with volume set to 50:50 - I have sometimes seen funny switching around of what comes out where, probably having to do with 5.2 vs stereo output settings that may not be quite right. That is, of course, if you're not simply plugged into the line-out port, which is not affected by volume settings. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.