Different applications can be persuaded to use the devices in different ways, But ultimately, replace the symlinks.
http://www.tribblix.org/Use/8.desktop.html -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 at 21:59, Gary Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > My OI system ryzen has two audio devices. Here are the links: > > <mills@ryzen:2362>$ ll /dev/sound/? > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 20 2017 /dev/sound/0 -> > audiohd:0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 20 2017 /dev/sound/1 -> > audiohd:1 > > When I attempt to play audio on these links directly, I get this: > > <mills@ryzen:2363>$ audioplay -d /dev/sound/0 > /usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/rooster.au > /* Complete silence */ > > <mills@ryzen:2364>$ audioplay -d /dev/sound/1 > /usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/rooster.au > /* The rooster crows and dawn breaks */ > > /dev/sound/0 is the HDMI audio device. /dev/sound/1 is the > motherboard audio device. Here they are in scanpci: > > pci bus 0x0008 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1002 device 0x677b > Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos PRO [Radeon HD 7450] > > pci bus 0x0008 cardnum 0x00 function 0x01: vendor 0x1002 device 0xaa98 > Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6450 / > 7450/8450/8490 OEM / R5 230/235/235X OEM] > > pci bus 0x000a cardnum 0x00 function 0x03: vendor 0x1022 device 0x1457 > Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio > Controller > > These are the device links: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 68 Sep 20 2017 audiohd:0 -> > ../../devices/pci@0,0/pci1022,1453@3,1/pci1043,aa98@0,1:sound,audio0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 68 Sep 20 2017 audiohd:1 -> > ../../devices/pci@0,0/pci1022,1454@8,1/pci1043,86c7@0,3:sound,audio1 > > In the Sound Preference MATE GUI, from the System menu, the Hardware > tab is empty, leaving no way to select an audio device. The Input and > Output tabs show only one device, also leaving no way. > > As a result, there's no way to select second audio device, the one > that's built-in to motheboard with audio jacks. The first audio > device is the one that produces no sound. It behaves this way because > the audio driver ignores HDMI audio, a known illumos bug. > > Is there any way to fix this system? I'd like to use Youtube again. > > -- > -Gary Mills- -refurb- -Winnipeg, Manitoba, > Canada- > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
