I experienced a similar situation under different circumstances. It turned out that the sysctl variable hw.snd.default_unit was refering to the wrong sound card. Not sure if thats the problem, but it might be worth checking if you have multiple sound cards.
-- WFV wfvin...@gmail.com On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Chip Camden <sterl...@camdensoftware.com> wrote: > > This question is going to make me sound pretty stupid, but I haven't > been able to figure it out. > > I had mplayer (the console version) running in one urxvt, and I thought > I had a different urxvt focused when I typed a command (I think it was > 'make install clean') -- but mplayer was actually focused instead. The > ENTER caused mplayer to close (I was listening to a stream URL), and > because I had exec'd mplayer its terminal window closed as well. > > I cursed myself for losing focus on my focus, and attempted to restart > mplayer. It acts like it is playing the track, but no sound. I've tried > unmute, turning the volume all the way up, deleting my .mplayer files, > still no joy. I even shutdown and powered off and then rebooted. Any > other suggestions? > -- > Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
