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Date:      Mon, 24 May 2010 12:21:23 -0600
From:      William Vining <wfvining@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: What have I done?
Message-ID:  <AANLkTil9OWjfAOafnhXfLP56JvNnAmsJ4fO-4SL_oIxT@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100524180853.GC62601@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
References:  <20100524180853.GC62601@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>

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I experienced a similar situation under different circumstances. It
turned out that the sysctl
variable hw.snd.default_unit was refering to the wrong sound card. Not
sure if thats the
problem, but it might be worth checking if you have multiple sound cards.

-- WFV
wfvining@gmail.com

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Chip Camden
<sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote:
>
> This question is going to make me sound pretty stupid, but I haven't
> been able to figure it out.
>
> I had mplayer (the console version) running in one urxvt, and I thought
> I had a different urxvt focused when I typed a command (I think it was
> 'make install clean') -- but mplayer was actually focused instead. =A0The
> ENTER caused mplayer to close (I was listening to a stream URL), and
> because I had exec'd mplayer its terminal window closed as well.
>
> I cursed myself for losing focus on my focus, and attempted to restart
> mplayer. =A0It acts like it is playing the track, but no sound. =A0I've t=
ried
> unmute, turning the volume all the way up, deleting my .mplayer files,
> still no joy. =A0I even shutdown and powered off and then rebooted. =A0An=
y
> other suggestions?
> --
> Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.=
com
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