On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:51:33PM +0200, Paul de Weerd wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:38:25PM +0200, Didier Wiroth wrote:
> | Hello,
> | 
> | I've recently purchased a couple of logitech v20 "USB" speakers to use with 
> my 
> | laptop, but I'm not able to get any sound out of it. The sound comes out 
> from 
> | the built-in speakers, but nothing comes out from the usb speakers.
> | 
> | Any ideas on how to solve this?
> | 
> | P.S I'm using current, see dmesg and output of "mixerctl -v" below.
> 
> The USB audio device is attached at audio1. You'll have to use that
> device to get output. cd into /dev and run MAKEDEV audio1.

there are 3 audio devices by default since 4.5.

 You can
> (optionally) change the symlink that is /dev/audio to point to the
> newly created /dev/audio1 (and do the same for mixer and audioctl).
> Alternatively, many programs support specifying the audio device on
> the commandline. Point those at /dev/audio1.

note that each device has 3 nodes: audio, audioctl, and mixer.  if
you change the symlink for one node, you should change the others too.

> Another option would be to change your kernel (config -ef /bsd) and
> disable azalia. Your regular audio device will not attach and the USB
> audio device will become audio0.
> 
> All options have their own advantages and downsides. You'll have to
> decide what you want to do.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd
> 
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