From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 15 21:30:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04CFF16A47D for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:30:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grtodd@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65BB843D49 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:30:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grtodd@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t12so148430wxc for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:30:15 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:sender; b=kG4VTJQlbszci+qdxNudkbYpMTJ6dKsYG72LjZzcUyhBpnnJ29s8yZ6aaFbeeiaycZQhnadBVyiUmPdM5G1XBcRMpGoOrN+B6+ASWy2o0JI2EfQqclcaueD0Yo2FZAbIe32D84BMIKKVxDRl/nE71eoaIHH+xCX8Od4REWXBQOk= Received: by 10.70.15.7 with SMTP id 7mr1155841wxo; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:30:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.10.10.24? ( [198.62.158.205]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h13sm4376225wxd.2006.03.15.13.30.14; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:30:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <44188766.1020509@bellanet.org> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:30:14 -0500 From: Graham Todd User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@freebsd.org References: <20060311213529.epb13ogpggk00ws0@mail.bafirst.com> <20060312042329.GA72610@mail.scottro.net> <17428.17308.781505.771684@roam.psg.com> <20060313.092930.98861031.imp@bsdimp.com> <4415F2B6.2020603@bellanet.org> <20060314105441.brs88is740kosgw0@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20060314105441.brs88is740kosgw0@netchild.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "G. Robert Todd" Cc: Subject: Re: skype (Was: Re: flash and firefox) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:30:19 -0000 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Graham Todd wrote: > >> One other compat application that rarely works correctly on FreeBSD for >> me is Skype. It could be a problem between screen and chair of course, >> but if anyone with a working setup for these apps has thoroughly >> documented how they did things, I'd gladly RTFM :) > > Which FreeBSD version, which sound driver, which problems? 6.0-RELEASE sysctl -a | grep snd hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1 hw.snd.targetirqrate: 32 hw.snd.verbose: 1 hw.snd.maxautovchans: 4 hw.snd.unit: 0 hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize: 16384 hw.snd.pcm0.vchans: 4 hw.snd.pcm0.spdif_enabled: 0 cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Installed devices: pcm0: at io 0xa800 irq 21 kld snd_cmi (1p/1r/4v channels duplex default) Sound apps mostly all work fine except for skype flash and other linux-compat applications. Skype is unable to use /dev/dsp. > If you experience "strange sound" problems, and you don't use a recent > RELENG_6 or -current ("recent" as in "with the improved sound system as of > 2-4 months ago"): upgrade to RELENG_6 or a recent -current. > > If you have a recent RELENG_6 or -current and still experience strange > sound problems, please tell us on multimedia@ which soundcard you use > and which strange sound problems you have. Cheers, -- Graham Todd - bellanet.org 613.236.6163 #2443