atom feed4 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-gnomePulseAudio only works with headphones
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Mike BurnsJun 21, 2009 10:17 am 
Joe Marcus ClarkeJun 21, 2009 11:34 am 
Robert NolandJun 21, 2009 11:52 am 
Joe Marcus ClarkeJun 21, 2009 11:55 am 
Subject:PulseAudio only works with headphones
From:Mike Burns (mi@mike-burns.com)
Date:Jun 21, 2009 10:17:32 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-gnome

Not too many details for this one, sadly. Totem, etc., only output audio through the line-out (headphone) jack.

System > Preferences > Sound > Output only lists /dev/dsp0 .

[mike] ~% cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2007061600/amd64) Installed devices: pcm0: <HDA Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa) PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default) pcm1: <HDA Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa) PCM #1 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex) [mike] ~% ps ax | grep pulse 1408 ?? Is 0:00.97 /usr/local/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog 1409 ?? I 0:00.01 /usr/local/libexec/pulse/gconf-helper [mike] ~% pulseaudio --version I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges. W: main.c: High-priority scheduling enabled in configuration but not allowed by policy. pulseaudio 0.9.14

Is there another FAQ I'm missing?

A bit of a background on this system: freshly installed 7.2-RELEASE a week ago, upgraded the OS to -STABLE and the ports to the latest as of Saturday. The computer is a Thinkpad T500.