From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 20:02:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 768E11065672 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 20:02:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 418CB8FC23 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 20:02:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGdlB-0000fj-Jl for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 May 2010 12:56:26 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 24 May 2010 13:02:44 -0700 Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 13:02:44 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100524200244.GA2085@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100524180853.GC62601@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: What have I done? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 20:02:35 -0000 On May 24 2010 12:21, William Vining wrote: > 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 > 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.  The > > 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.  It acts like it is playing the track, but no sound.  I've tried > > unmute, turning the volume all the way up, deleting my .mplayer files, > > still no joy.  I even shutdown and powered off and then rebooted.  Any > > other suggestions? > > -- OK, there's more going on here than I realized. My sound seems to be disabled if I load the driver in /boot/loader.conf, but works OK if I use kldload after booting instead. Bizarre. I've repeated the experiment several times with the same results, using either snd_driver or snd_hda. cat /dev/sndstat (when working): FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64) Installed devices: pcm0: (play/rec) default pcm1: (rec) pcm2: (play)