Re: Audio not working no matter what I try

On Wed, 2026-05-27 at 14:10 +0100, Polarian wrote:
> I have already done that. However beep(1) hooks into OSS not
> pulseaudio so should be unaffected.

As for FreeBSD OSS, I'd have to ask Google AI ;D or to read the docs.

But that’s not the case with Linux’s ALSA. Depending on the audio
device, ALSA may allow multiple programs to access the audio interface
even without dmix, but often only one device can access it at a time,
meaning that if, for example, PulseAudio claims access to the audio
interface first, even if it isn’t working, another instance can no
longer access it.

On my Linux terminal I can run    echo -e "\a"    or    beep    with or
without pcspkr loaded without hearing any sound, otherwise, I don't have
any problems with audio. Running    play -q -n synth 0.1 sin 880  
works.