From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 13 03:18:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F5AD16A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 03:18:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gremlin.internode.com.au (gremlin.internode.com.au [192.83.231.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F80C43D62 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 03:18:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adam@internode.com.au) Received: from gremlin.internode.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) iBD3IDkS001964; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:48:13 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from adam@internode.com.au) Received: (from adam@localhost) by gremlin.internode.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBD3ID4M001962; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:48:13 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from adam@internode.com.au) X-Authentication-Warning: gremlin.internode.com.au: adam set sender to adam@internode.com.au using -f Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:48:13 +1030 From: Adam Smith To: Robert William Vesterman Message-ID: <20041213031812.GG1647@internode.com.au> References: <41BCF040.4090202@vesterman.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41BCF040.4090202@vesterman.com> X-Face: $vsV$1FNbZN\JVpjV#&+/!oVW`Kw$j?w_,te\SS}(tKD21c+l$t%\RCS(r$G; XXk]6,(!N:&(N3EV0bY`3):UrgG7'*qsj3l.75IaHV1<`i*{[L\:F*l6fH##C:-p2]xW/R-Z:!bo; 5g3GP-{I{}7O>tN}`Xm/=-:8NG?f-r'$Qc3y[aW-7'W_S<`KYU!_; `7K=kuC$-.7J2*kk=~`c@ADp+xhsv(!a@eW-R_5wtx+tC)(]%W+ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound works with kldload, but not /boot/loader.conf? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 03:18:19 -0000 On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 08:28:32PM -0500, Robert William Vesterman said: > Hi, > > I just tried playing a WAV file using xmms (this is the first time I've > tried anything with sound on my installation). It issued a very generic > error message, telling me things like "make sure your device is > installed". I did some research (mostly in the FreeBSD handbook), and > eventually got my sound working by doing a "kldload snd_driver". > > I then changed /boot/loader.conf to contain the line: > > snd_driver_load="YES" > > So that I wouldn't have to "kldload snd_driver" every time. After > rebooting, xmms acted like it was playing the song - no error message, > equalizer lights happily jumping around, et cetera - but no sound came out. You may need to adjust your mixer settings. Run 'mixer' and have a look at the output. You can modify any of the settings there by running, for example: mixer pcm 90 mixer vol 90 (for me to get any sound at all, I need to have both of these turned up). You can then store those settings somehow but I can't remember how to do that off the top of my head. -- Adam Smith Internode : http://www.internode.on.net Phone : (08) 8228 2999