From nobody Wed May 27 14:28:30 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 4gQX6m0ksXz6f6xj for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 14:28:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [198.252.153.129]) (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 "mx1.riseup.net", Issuer "R13" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gQX6k6PnLz3Cqd for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 14:28:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=MxzwRmZn; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ralf-mardorf@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.129 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 mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gQX6j1zrSzDqGC for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 14:28:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1779892125; bh=l46l7K0k3NnNZ6OEtUmKxcxq6BUdZgyWy3ttqHuIZws=; h=Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=MxzwRmZnwlprggAKTSxC3nrShT8U24uoKRMY64p4yV9FKWLdrZONWBSCygZjqvIws LMa51g4qoznXluQiuUqOWyWrNliOBVmZkCEF+OjMDOmR8btTT0pCELdEnONknAO0Ov BMAY9TiN/Ci6WU0Zes9pBzEafWQK2RiMBszuJzn8= X-Riseup-User-ID: A174E7919208FDCB0F5827B3038388940F70AABD9917065EFC99C94239C76E69 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fews03-sea.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4gQX6T4BD3z1ytS for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 14:28:33 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: Audio not working no matter what I try From: Ralf Mardorf To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 16:28:30 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20260527141036.0ae149c8@Hydrogen> References: <20260527121906.04f4c270@Hydrogen> <4f706c1d6b12c26492064d415ea60d23672fe9d4.camel@riseup.net> <20260527141036.0ae149c8@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 [-4.18 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.98)[-0.978]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:mx1.riseup.net]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.252.153.129:from]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(-0.10)[198.252.153.129:from]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RECEIVED_HELO_LOCALHOST(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; 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)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[riseup.net:dkim] X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4gQX6k6PnLz3Cqd 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=E2=80=99s not the case with Linux=E2=80=99s 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=E2=80=99t 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 =20 works.=20