Hi, all. I've been putting a laptop (Dell Inspiron 1000) through the motions in order to submit its status to the OpenBSD i386 laptops page. In doing so, I've tested out a bunch of things I've never used before, and I've hit a snag with playing audio CDs (from the raw device, not mounting and/or ripping them).
I thought I had this one all figured out---I can play audio just fine, but not from the CD. Everything's unmuted and maxed out in volume in mixerctl (below); I haven't changed any settings in audioctl (also below). cdio seems to read and play just fine (status below), but I get no actual sound. Even DVDs play great in ogle. >From the FAQ and the archives I'm guessing it's the classic lack of an audio cable from the CD-ROM to the sound card, but as this a laptop it's not particularly easy to check such a thing---and I can't imagine it would look like the desktop cable anyway. Does anyone have any advice for checking to see if this is the problem, or if anything else might be? Does anyone know if this "lack of cable" is a common situation for (budget) laptops? And finally, any advice other than just ripping the music? Thanks, as always, CDJ (some output follows) $ mixerctl -a outputs.master=255,255 outputs.master.mute=off outputs.mono=255 outputs.mono.mute=off outputs.mono.source=mixerout outputs.headphones=255,255 outputs.headphones.mute=off outputs.bass=255 outputs.treble=255 inputs.speaker=255 inputs.speaker.mute=off inputs.phone=255 inputs.phone.mute=off inputs.mic=255 inputs.mic.mute=off inputs.mic.preamp=on inputs.mic.source=mic0 inputs.line=255,255 inputs.line.mute=off inputs.cd=255,255 inputs.cd.mute=off inputs.video=255,255 inputs.video.mute=off inputs.aux=255,255 inputs.aux.mute=off inputs.dac=255,255 inputs.dac.mute=off record.source=mic record.volume=255,255 record.volume.mute=off record.mic=0 record.mic.mute=off outputs.loudness=off outputs.spatial=off outputs.spatial.center=0 outputs.spatial.depth=0 outputs.surround=255,255 outputs.surround.mute=off outputs.center=255 outputs.center.mute=off outputs.lfe=255 outputs.lfe.mute=off $ audioctl -a name=SiS7012 AC97 version=0xa0 config=auich0 encodings=ulinear:8,mulaw:8*,alaw:8*,slinear:8*,slinear_le:16,ulinear_le:16*,slinear_be:16*,ulinear_be:16* properties=full_duplex,mmap,independent full_duplex=0 fullduplex=0 blocksize=9600 hiwat=6 lowat=1 monitor_gain=0 mode= play.rate=48000 play.channels=2 play.precision=16 play.encoding=slinear_le play.gain=127 play.balance=32 play.port=0x0 play.avail_ports=0x0 play.seek=9600 play.samples=7719552 play.eof=0 play.pause=0 play.error=1 play.waiting=0 play.open=0 play.active=0 play.buffer_size=65536 record.rate=8000 record.channels=1 record.precision=8 record.encoding=mulaw record.gain=255 record.balance=32 record.port=0x1 record.avail_ports=0x7 record.seek=0 record.samples=0 record.eof=0 record.pause=0 record.error=0 record.waiting=0 record.open=0 record.active=0 record.buffer_size=65536 record.errors=0 $ cdio -f cd0 status Audio status = 17<playing>, current track = 1, current position = 0:21.48 Media catalog is active, number "0101002157480\^" Left volume = 255, right volume = 255
