From nobody Wed May 27 11:19:06 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gQRwG6f2Tz6frfL for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 11:19:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polarian@polarian.dev) Received: from mail.polarian.dev (mail.polarian.dev [IPv6:2001:8b0:57a:2385::8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gQRwF10jKz3s33 for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 11:19:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polarian@polarian.dev) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=polarian.dev header.s=polarian header.b="Ezrxo//O"; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=polarian.dev; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of polarian@polarian.dev designates 2001:8b0:57a:2385::8 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=polarian@polarian.dev DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/relaxed; d=polarian.dev; s=polarian; t=1779880752; bh=ZOoEiTQLLinTOTaCII7Z9Td/4ShdrxZRFOqd3bxaMm8=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; b=Ezrxo//OR4icGPEBXB0u2GF36TXiHsnUOl+nhrBedp8GXKRLWEAUJhJ+Sm+liHaaG rlI7vyJAfjgbFsPV7nGLG5b6Ttf/1ep8IqLpoGf46+RTl2UAsD39QLK44d0jUyHmco doCWFOzIlIkN/3DjixAUGMuLU++Ya5dauRFyYs5o= Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 12:19:06 +0100 From: Polarian To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Audio not working no matter what I try Message-ID: <20260527121906.04f4c270@Hydrogen> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.4.0 (GTK 3.24.52; amd64-portbld-freebsd15.0) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.47 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.995]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.98)[-0.979]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[polarian.dev,reject]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2001:8b0:57a:2385::8]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[polarian.dev:s=polarian]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20712, ipnet:2001:8b0::/34, country:GB]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[polarian.dev:+] X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4gQRwF10jKz3s33 Hey, So I have moaned about this on IRC a lot with no solution. So a few years ago when I started using FreeBSD I had no issues with audio, it just worked. However I did a reinstall at some point and it never worked since then, that was probably 2 years ago from now. I very rarely need to use audio on my laptop, and I got lazy and anything I needed audio for I would use my phone or a second laptop. However I need to do a presentation and I need my dev environment, which is on FreeBSD, and I can't get working audio, so I can't present it. Steps: 1. kldload snd_driver 2. cat /etc/sndstat Installed devices: pcm0: (play/rec) default pcm1: (play/rec) pcm2: (play) pcm3: (play) pcm4: (play) I know from previous experiences, that pcm0 is the right one, but I have tried all of them just to be sure. 3. Check mixer pcm0:mixer: on hdaa0 (play/rec) (default) vol = 1.00:1.00 pbk pcm = 0.27:0.27 pbk speaker = 1.00:1.00 pbk line = 0.01:0.01 rec mic = 0.34:0.34 rec src mix = 0.35:0.35 rec rec = 0.35:0.35 pbk ogain = 1.00:1.00 pbk No issues there it appears. 4. beep(1) or write to /dev/dsp*, andddddddd nothing! I have a feeling because desktop packages pull in pulseaudio that this could be the issue, but this would require me literally uninstalling my desktop, which is 1. not a solution and 2. not something I have time to do for debugging. So I am hoping its not that, does anyone have any ideas? Thank you, -- Polarian Jabber/XMPP: polarian@icebound.dev