Re: xmms volume knob - seemingly all or nothing

>>> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:56:22 -0500 (EST)
>>> "Aaron Peterson" <aaron_at_alpete.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have not set up 4.x on this hardware, in fact one reason for using
>>> 5.2
>>> was because it is relatively new hardware, and the onboard NIC wasn't
>>> supported under 4.x it seemed.
>>>
>>> Anyway, the volume control in XMMS seems to do nothing at all from
>>> about
>>> the 5% mark to the 100% mark, music plays at the same volume no matter
>>> where the slider is in this range.  between 0% and 5%, the music fades
>>> from silent to full volume.  I have never experienced this phenomenon,
>>> and
>>> am wondering if I can adjust some non-xmms mixer setting to get the
>>> expected behavior, or possibly adjust xmms somehow.  I don't even know
>>> where to start really.
>>>
>>> pcm0_at_pci0:31:5: class=0x040100 card=0x72801462 chip=0x24d58086 rev=0x02
>>> hdr=0x00
>>>     vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
>>>     device   = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller'
>>>     class    = multimedia
>>>     subclass = audio
>>>
>>> FreeBSD wkstn.homenet.mine 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #0: Thu Feb
>>> 26
>>> 02:00:59 EST 2004 root_at_wkstn.homenet.mine:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>>> i386
>>>
>>> if any more information is necessary just let me know and i'll do what
>>> i
>>> can to provide it...  any suggestions welcome, of course.
>
>> On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 11:16:00 -0500 (EST)
>> "Julian St." <der_julian_at_web.de> wrote:
>>
>> Same here with a completely different sound chip: (it works on Windows
>> 2k *g*)
>>
>> pcm0_at_pci0:6:0:  class=0x040100 card=0x0f221019 chip=0x545110b9 rev=0x02
>> hdr=0x00
>>    vendor   = 'Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi)'
>>    device   = 'ALI M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device'
>>    class    = multimedia
>>    subclass = audio
>>
>> The driver attached is t4dwave.ko.
>
> Does anyone know how I can start troubleshooting this problem?

Actually, my initial description of this problem is inaccurate on one point:

There is no volume control except on or off...  I get constant full volume
when the mixer pcm setting is between 1:1 and 100:100, and no sound when
mixer pcm is 0:0.  I'm using the standard install of xmms from ports with
the standard OSS driver.  no modifications, plugins, etc...