Hello,
Recently I bought a pair of external speakers for my desktop PC. I
overlooked that they don't have a jack to connect them to the internal
sound card, they work alone through a USB port.
$ dmesg
[...]
uaudio0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "Ten X Technology, Inc.
USB AUDIO" rev 1.10/1.87 addr 2
uaudio0: class v1, full-speed, sync, channels: 2 play, 0 rec, 3 ctls
audio1 at uaudio0
uhidev0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 2 "Ten X Technology, Inc.
USB AUDIO" rev 1.10/1.87 addr 2
uhidev0: iclass 3/0
[...]
$ usbdevs | grep AUDIO
addr 02: 1130:1620 Ten X Technology, Inc., USB AUDIO
I followed the instructions in Multimedia FAQ and I got them working:
$ grep sndiod /etc/rc.conf.local
sndiod_flags=-f rsnd/0 -F rsnd/1
$ sndioctl
output.level=0.996
output.mute=0
server.device=1
... but modifying level and mute outputs using sndioctl(1) doesn't work
very well. If I ran the following commands one after the other:
$ sndioctl output.level
output.level=0.996
$ sndioctl output.level=-0.05
output.level=0.945
$ sndioctl output.level
output.level=0.996
$ sndioctl output.level=-0.05
output.level=0.953
$ sndioctl output.level
output.level=0.996
... you see that the command initially reports that output.level was
modified, but when you check it again it wasn't (and you don't hear any
change in the level of sound). With the mute control the communication
isn't fine either, after toggling it two or three times sndioctl reports
"no such control" and you have to restart sndiod(8) to make output.mute
appear again.
$ sndioctl output.mute=!
output.mute=1
$ sndioctl output.mute=!
output.mute=0
$ sndioctl output.mute=!
output.mute=1
$ sndioctl output.mute=!
output.mute: no such control
I've tried using mixerctl(8) to modify volume and mute and happens the same.
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OpenBSD 7.3 (GENERIC.MP) #1123: Tue Mar 21 07:11:25 MDT 2023
dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 4135260160 (3943MB)
avail mem = 3990536192 (3805MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xeb920 (70 entries)
bios0: vendor Hewlett-Packard version "786E1 v01.16" date 08/17/2011
bios0: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc7700 Convertible Minitower
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 1.0
acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC ASF! MCFG TCPA SLIC HPET
acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S4) COM1(S4) PEG1(S4) IGBE(S4) PCX1(S4) PCX2(S4)
HUB_(S4) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB4(S3) USB5(S3) EUS1(S3) EUS2(S3) PBTN(S4)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee0: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz, 1795.55 MHz, 06-0f-02
cpu0:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,SENSOR,MELTDOWN
cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 2MB 64b/line
8-way L2 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2, IBE
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz, 1795.67 MHz, 06-0f-02
cpu1:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,SENSOR,MELTDOWN
cpu1: 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 2MB 64b/line
8-way L2 cache
cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec0, version 20, 24 pins, remapped
acpimcfg0 at acpi0
acpimcfg0: addr 0xf400, bus 0-63
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG1)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 32 (PCX1)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (PCX2)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 7 (HUB_)
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x 0x0011 0x0001
acpicmos0 at acpi0
com0 at acpi0 COM1 addr 0x3f8/0x8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
"PNP0003" at acpi0 not configured
acpibtn0 at acpi0: PBTN
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C1(@1 halt!), PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C1(@1 halt!), PSS
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1795 MHz: speeds: 1800, 1200 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82Q965 Host" rev 0x02
inteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82Q965 Video" rev 0x02
drm0 at inteldrm0
intagp0 at inteldrm0
agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe000, size 0x1000
inteldrm0: apic 1 int 16, I965G, gen 4
"Intel 82Q965 HECI" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 not configured
em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH8 IGP AMT" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 19,
address 00:0f:fe:77:4f:df
uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x02: apic 1 int
