Re: Trying to get sound working through speakers

From: Joe B <jcb2016az_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:38:57 UTC
On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM Eduardo Morrás <emorrasg@yahoo.es> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:44:45 -0700
> Joe B <jcb2016az@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I will check but last I checked there was nothing. About sound.
>
> Ok
>
> > Mixtertui shows everything unmuted .. funny thing is that in Firefox
> > the video plays just no sound.
>
> What's the output of
>
> #mixer -a
>
> You should see something like this:
>
> # mixer -a
> pcm0:mixer: <Intel Haswell (HDMI/DP 8ch)> on hdaa0 (play)
>     vol       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
>     pcm       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
> pcm1:mixer: <Conexant CX20751/2 (Analog)> on hdaa1 (play/rec) (default)
>     vol       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
>     pcm       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
>     speaker   = 1.00:1.00     pbk
>     rec       = 0.01:0.01     pbk
>     monitor   = 0.56:0.56     rec src
> pcm2:mixer: <Conexant CX20751/2 (Right Analog)> on hdaa1 (play/rec)
>     vol       = 0.62:0.62     pbk
>     pcm       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
>     mic       = 0.92:0.92     rec src
>     rec       = 0.93:0.93     pbk
>
> Then you can select the one you want (in this example change to pcm2) using:
>
> $ mixer -d pcm2
>
> HTH

joe@freebsd ~> mixer -a
pcm0:mixer: <Realtek (0x0287) (Analog)> on hdaa0 (play/rec) (default)
    vol       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
    pcm       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
    speaker   = 1.00:1.00     rec
    mic       = 0.75:0.75     rec src
    rec       = 0.37:0.37     pbk
pcm1:mixer: <Realtek (0x0287) (Left Analog Headphones)> on hdaa0 (play)
    vol       = 0.50:0.50     pbk
    pcm       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
    ogain     = 1.00:1.00     pbk
pcm2:mixer: <Intel Tiger Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> on hdaa1 (play)
    vol       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
    pcm       = 1.00:1.00     pbk

---

joe@freebsd ~> mixer -d pcm0
default_unit: 0 -> 0
pcm0:mixer: <Realtek (0x0287) (Analog)> on hdaa0 (play/rec) (default)
    vol       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
    pcm       = 1.00:1.00     pbk
    speaker   = 1.00:1.00     rec
    mic       = 0.75:0.75     rec src
    rec       = 0.37:0.37     pbk

Does that mean its muted ? how would i change the volume ? sorry for
the n00b questions.. im reading snd_hda (4) as much as i can