From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 22 17:23:39 2005 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 7CE1716A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:23:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 195DD43D39 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:23:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-151-199-113-125.roa.east.verizon.net [151.199.113.125]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0MHNbfB000697 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:23:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (localhost.Chelsea-Ct.Org [127.0.0.1]) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0MHNVFj030160 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:23:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: (from paul@localhost) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0MHNUhA030158; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:23:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org: paul set sender to paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu using -f From: Paul Mather To: Adrian Patino II In-Reply-To: <20050122120113.244B716A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050122120113.244B716A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:23:29 -0500 Message-Id: <1106414610.632.13.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mixer does not work 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: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:23:39 -0000 On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:19:45 -0600, Adrian Patino II wrote: > i have both onboard sound and soundcard > > ########################################### > pcm0@pci0:11:0: class=0x040100 card=0x80651102 chip=0x00021102 > rev=0x0a hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Creative Labs' > device = 'EMU10000 Sound Blaster Live! (Also Live! 5.1) - OEM > from DELL - CT4780' > class = multimedia > subclass = audio > none1@pci0:17:5: class=0x040100 card=0xa0021458 chip=0x30591106 > rev=0x50 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' > device = 'VT8233/33A/8235/8237 AC97 Enhanced Audio Controller' > class = multimedia > subclass = audio > > > hw.snd.targetirqrate: 32 > hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1 > hw.snd.verbose: 1 > hw.snd.unit: 0 > hw.snd.maxautovchans: 0 > hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize: 4096 > ########################################## > I disabled onboard sound in the bios > the sound is working but > mixer controls have no effect on volume > > is mixer controlling onboard sound instead of soundcard? > if so, how can i change that? I have the same sound card as you ("EMU10000 Sound Blaster Live! (Also Live! 5.1) - OEM from DELL - CT4780") and very recently had the same kind of experience: the sound was working, but the mixer had no effect on the volume. In my case, the solution was woefully simple: I had my headphones (which I use for speakers) plugged into the wrong output jack. Moving them from the black 3.5 mm jack to the green one "solved" my problem. When I looked carefully at the jacks on the card, I discovered the black one designated "2" and the green designated as "1." Mixer lists the following devices: vol, pcm, speaker, line, mic, cd, rec, ogain, line1, phin, phout, and video. None of them has any apparent effect on the volume of the black 3.5 mm jack, which kind of begs the question as to whether it is possible to control the volume of that particular output jack from FreeBSD at all. So, if you are using the black output jack, I suggest you switch to the green one. :-) Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa