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Couldn't get sound working in FreeBSD (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by kionite231@lemmy.ca to c/freebsd@lemmy.ml

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Hello,

I am trying to get sound working in FreeBSD. I read 9th chapter of FreeBSD handbook(https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/multimedia/). I have succesfully configured the sound card, it shows in dmesg | grep pcm and also in cat /dev/sndstat. however when I try to use beep command to test the speaker, it doesn't work ( I can't hear anything from the sound card).

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[–] zer0@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hi,
Don't know if you already tried that, but you can select the one you want with:
sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=number_you_see_in_sndstat.

[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, I tried doing that but it didn't work. It's something related to my sound card. FreeBSD detects my sound card but it couldn't play sound for some reason.

[–] zer0@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you put yourself in the group operator?
Also check if the sound is not muted with mixer.
I know it's basic stuff but sometimes we forget about simple things.

[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you put yourself in the group operator?

no, but even when I did put my user into operator group it still doesn't work.

mixer command says the volume is 71%.

I think something weird is going on since my sound card isn't listed of the website but the kernel detects my sound card.

[–] zer0@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think something weird is going on since my sound card isn’t listed of the website but the kernel detects my sound card

Yes it's possible, it can be a "too fresh hardware" situation for FreeBSD, what is your device?

[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Realtek ALC255 is the sound card which isn't that new. It also gets detected by kernel which I can see in dmesg output.

[–] zer0@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

It sounds like a known problematic sound card even on Linux(?).
There is this thread that can give you hope, you might need to read this too.
I am not sure that I can be such a great helper for you mate, sorry.