> Playing music (e.g., via mpg123) and notice the audio goes > silent after a short while. stopping and restarting audio player > does not help. Restarting sndiod does not help either. > > However, in another tmux window, if cause an audible bell, > e.g., pressing tab at the start of a ksh prompt, with each bell > sounds i hear the audio bits.
That's different. Keyboard bell is handled by wscons, not the audio device.

