> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Keith Moore wrote:
> 
> > now if I manually set fea1-i12-master to some other pair of values, I can get 
> > xmms to play.  but I have to control the volume using mixerctl - xmms's 
> > volume control won't do it.
> 
> That's probably because xmms's "volume" control is controlling 
> the pcm/dac -- not the master. There's a setting for that in xmms' 
> preferences, under "output plugin".

tried changing it, to no effect.

> OSS has a single toggle, while the 
> superior native Sun driver let's you choose from any mixer control. 

when I try to use the Sun driver, xmms sez:

> ** ERROR **: /dev/audio1: Permission denied
> aborting...
> Abort trap (core dumped)

oh well, at least I can now play tunes at work and use the volume control
on the amp.

Keith