Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 16:28:30 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Audio not working no matter what I try Message-ID: <ef65cce5ecb7cab3efe752e9307dabf8c41d9b1d.camel@riseup.net> In-Reply-To: <20260527141036.0ae149c8@Hydrogen> References: <20260527121906.04f4c270@Hydrogen> <4f706c1d6b12c26492064d415ea60d23672fe9d4.camel@riseup.net> <20260527141036.0ae149c8@Hydrogen>
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On Wed, 2026-05-27 at 14:10 +0100, Polarian wrote: > I have already done that. However beep(1) hooks into OSS not > pulseaudio so should be unaffected. As for FreeBSD OSS, I'd have to ask Google AI ;D or to read the docs. But that’s not the case with Linux’s ALSA. Depending on the audio device, ALSA may allow multiple programs to access the audio interface even without dmix, but often only one device can access it at a time, meaning that if, for example, PulseAudio claims access to the audio interface first, even if it isn’t working, another instance can no longer access it. On my Linux terminal I can run echo -e "\a" or beep with or without pcspkr loaded without hearing any sound, otherwise, I don't have any problems with audio. Running play -q -n synth 0.1 sin 880 works.home | help
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