James Colannino wrote: > On 08/17/11 06:23, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > >> could you provide a dmesg and the list of commands that you run and >> that didn't work? > > Sorry it took me so long to get back to everyone. I've been having all > sorts of other issues at work that have prevented me from responding > sooner. Here's the output of dmesg, audioctl and mixerctl: > > James
First of all, I think you forgot to tell which command/application you're using and what kind of audio you're trying to play (WAV, MP3, AU, AIFF, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, ...). Is there any output on your screen or in /var/log/* showing anything problematic while playing sounds ? One way for me to get a lot of noise is accidentilly playing a file with an unexpected format, like this: aucat -i somefile.au About your audioctl: > name=SB Live! .. > play.error=1 .. > play.errors=2961 Some errors though I don't expect this to necessarily be the problem. About your mixerctl: > outputs.master=255,255 > outputs.master.mute=off Your output levels are maxed out, I'd start off from e.g. outputs.master=100,100, going up if necessary. > inputs.spkr=255 > inputs.spkr.mute=off I'd mute this, I think it might pick up noise. > record.source=mic > record.volume=255,255 > record.volume.mute=off You may not need this, so trying to mute it to see if it makes a difference probably doesn't hurt. About your dmseg: > OpenBSD 4.9 (GENERIC.MP) #819: Wed Mar 2 06:57:49 MST 2011 > dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > real mem = 3128442880 (2983MB) > avail mem = 3031142400 (2890MB) .. > acpiec0 at acpi0acpiec _REG failed, broken BIOS > .. > cpu0: unknown i686 model 0x2a, can't get bus clock .. > ... unknown product 0x0100 ... .. > ... not configured .. > "Realtek 8168" rev 0x06: unknown ASIC (0x2c80), apic 0 int 18 (irq 11), > address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 5 .. > io address conflict 0x2000d000/0x100 It seems you've got pretty new hardware, not fully supported by your 4.9 installation. I recommend using a snapshot to get an OS which is likely a better match to you hardware. I hope any of this helps. regards, Remco
