Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 14:10:36 +0100 From: Polarian <polarian@polarian.dev> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Audio not working no matter what I try Message-ID: <20260527141036.0ae149c8@Hydrogen> In-Reply-To: <4f706c1d6b12c26492064d415ea60d23672fe9d4.camel@riseup.net> References: <20260527121906.04f4c270@Hydrogen> <4f706c1d6b12c26492064d415ea60d23672fe9d4.camel@riseup.net>
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Hey, > "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." I have already done that. However beep(1) hooks into OSS not pulseaudio so should be unaffected. Same thing as writing to the dsp directly, it should bypass pulse, the only thing I could see pulse interfering with is desktop application audio which would likely hook into pulse over OSS. > "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 = 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 > > [...] I am aware I can just kill pulse, I poorly explained this, I have previously tested the laptop on Linux to ensure the audio is working on a hardware basis, in which it was, and I have killed pulseaudio before to test if pulse is the issue, its not. The only thing I can't test is removing pulseaudio entirely, as I explained, this would require me stripping a large amount of my system out, due to dependants. > General Desktop: Open your Desktop Environment’s 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 use a desktop environment. > 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. Like I said, I have written /dev/random to /dev/dsp* it doesn't make a difference. I thank you for the effort, but I would like to highlight AI responses rarely ever yield anything useful other than common sense solutions you would likely have already attempted if you read the docs (like I have already). I feel like there is a bigger underlying issue, so I am hopeful someone else has encountered this and knows how to solve it :) Thank you, -- Polarian Jabber/XMPP: polarian@icebound.devhome | help
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