Headset w/ Mic Presario R3000

Paul Procacci pprocacci at datapipe.com
Fri Jul 18 04:48:35 UTC 2008


Paul Procacci wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I've been using FreeBSD for many many years, but never have a tried to 
> get a headset working under FreeBSD.  So, here's the deal.  I have an 
> Altec Lansing Headset w/ mic hooked up to a FBSD 7 machine.  
> Generally, when connecting a sound device to the system, I just 
> normally 'kldload snd_ich' and it will find the device and work out of 
> the box.  Well, the onboard speakers work just fine.  However, after 
> attempting  to plug in this headset, I am unable to a) hear from the 
> headpeice, or b) speak into the mic.
>
> It's not a usb or bluetooth headset, just your run of the mill headset 
> to two plugs; one for mic and one for sound.  I've read the chapter on 
> sound on the FreeBSD site, but that itself didn't provide any details 
> about forcing the device to accept input from or output to the 
> headphones and mic.
>
> http://blackk.union.edu/~black/freebsd/#audio
>
> The above claims that sound works, and it does out the onboard 
> speakers.  I don't think a headset was tested.  Additionally, I 
> figured man mixer would give details but I'm not terribly certain what 
> I'm looking for is there.
>
> Can someone be kind enough to provide a link or otherwise in the right 
> direction?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
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Last message........This has been resolved.  It was the mixer settings 
the entire time.  Sorry to waste uneeded space.


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