sound problem in 8

[Mark Moellering]

On Friday 18 December 2009 21:53:45 Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    I just update to 8 release, and found that my sound has problem, my
> mpg123 can't find oss output, and mpg321 can't create mcop directory.
>  Though mplayer and xmms don't complain while playing mp3 files, the music
>  is distorted, I can't really describe it. It seems people have been
>  talking about this on the forum but I didn't see any definitive answer,
>  thought I will post it here to get some help, thanks!!
> 
> TFC

Not sure if it will help your situation but I had to add hw.snd.default_unit=1 
to my sysctl.conf file.  You may need to look at the output of dmesg and read 
through th eman page(s) of snd and your sound card.

Hope this helps

Mark Moellering