From nobody Wed May 27 12:00:24 2026 X-Original-To: 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 4gQSqg3rSWz6dvmM for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from mx0.riseup.net (mx0.riseup.net [198.252.153.6]) (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-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mx0.riseup.net", Issuer "R13" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gQSqd2HcVz3xZf for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=I9a6kdsD; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ralf-mardorf@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.6 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ralf-mardorf@riseup.net Received: from fews03-sea.riseup.net (fews03-sea-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.153]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx0.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gQSqb5Y5Kz9rvw for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1779883227; bh=f0wi53vqRt4fTgrUYca7Z+dIbE5+GNOCZF8EJKTdqD4=; h=Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=I9a6kdsDTchldnvcdeDrxWvycf7LNOvc8wHEZ5BNUkrvYzMSQH9Q9L5DEmfEkwWEE B2R7cgHcnAwyYB8Ih6s4FelWonR7tEhHQkG4L2I/UvpW81DbGUvRVY/hJp8zsYr/NA vWS3kWIVrVdTXUEHGxtrMxDTyNtQ5OH1TGV8T0Vs= X-Riseup-User-ID: 909570BAE1217A4B9FBCC8F2EE8A6DC478AE88E10CE00B5DE322D4C0601C41E5 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fews03-sea.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4gQSqb15MYz1y5m for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4f706c1d6b12c26492064d415ea60d23672fe9d4.camel@riseup.net> Subject: Re: Audio not working no matter what I try From: Ralf Mardorf To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20260527121906.04f4c270@Hydrogen> References: <20260527121906.04f4c270@Hydrogen> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.10 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.997]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:mx0.riseup.net]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.252.153.6:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_HELO_LOCALHOST(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[198.252.153.6:from]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[riseup.net:dkim] X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4gQSqd2HcVz3xZf On Wed, 2026-05-27 at 12:19 +0100, Polarian wrote: > 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. Hi Polarian, consider to test what Google's AI answered me: "To control PulseAudio in FreeBSD, install a GUI mixer like pavucontrol or CLI tools like pulsemixer. These tools map to your PulseAudio server, allowing you to manage individual application streams and hardware endpoints directly." or "To disable PulseAudio on FreeBSD, stop the running daemon and prevent it from auto-spawning. To ensure it remains disabled after rebooting, you should also disable the XDG autostart entry and stop it from launching inside specific desktop environments or web browsers. 1. Disable PulseAudio Auto-spawn Open (or create) the client configuration file for your user:nano ~/.config/pulse/client.confAdd the following line to disable auto-spawn: autospawn =3D no (Optional) Repeat the steps for /usr/local/etc/pulse/client.conf to apply this setting globally for all users. 2. Kill the Running Daemon pulseaudio --kill [...] General Desktop: Open your Desktop Environment=E2=80=99s audio settings (e.= g., KDE Plasma or XFCE) and verify your output device is set to the default native FreeBSD audio device (often listed as /dev/dsp), rather than the PulseAudio virtual device." I don't have a FreeBSD at hand. However, "beep" and escape sequences are issue on their own, don't try to use this for testing audio output. On Linux I installed empty dummy packages for pulseaudio pulseaudio-bluetooth pulse-native-provider pipewire-pulse the packages libpulse lib32-libpulse are installed. IOW the libpulse.so rubbish is installed, but not the rest. Pulseaudio isn't in the way and I have ALSA working. You probably could try to "rm" the pulseaudio clobber, but keep the libpulse.so rubbish and after that try to get OSS working. Regards, Ralf