It's been a while since I last post anything. My OpenBSD box is still running great. Yesterday I got a Plantronics USB Headset and I wanted to see if I can get it to work in my 4.8. When I plugged the headset, here's the dmeg:
uaudio0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Plantronics Plantronics USB Headset" rev 2.00/1.20 addr 3
uaudio0: audio rev 1.00, 10 mixer controls
audio1 at uaudio0
uhidev1 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 3 "Plantronics Plantronics USB Headset" rev 2.00/1.20 addr 3
uhidev1: iclass 3/0
uhid0 at uhidev1: input=1, output=0, feature=0
Seems to be ok. Now to test the headset. For I change the symlinks for these files:
/dev/audio = from /dev/audio0 to /dev/audio1
/dev/sound = from /dev/sound0 to /dev/sound1
/dev/audioctl = from /dev/audioctl0 to /dev/audioctl1
/dev/mixer = from /dev/mixer0 to /dev/mixer1
Normally it can be done manually by using:
$ ln -sf /dev/audio1 /dev/audio
and using the same method for the other 3 devices. I read someone's post on the net and he provided with this simple script which I named chaudio.sh file.
====== chaudio.sh script starts ======
#!/bin/sh
p=$1
ln -sf /dev/audio$p /dev/audio
ln -sf /dev/sound$p /dev/sound
ln -sf /dev/audioctl$p /dev/audioctl
ln -sf /dev/mixer$p /dev/mixer
exit 0
====== chaudio.sh script ends ======
After I created the script, chmod it to executable and then just type:
$ sudo ./chaudio.sh 1
and all 4 symlinks got changed. Doing ./chaudio 0 will change the symlinks back to default sound.
I tried testing the USB headset using:
$ cat /dev/urandon > /dev/audio1
and I can hear sounds on the headset. But, here comes the unsolved (yet) part, using mplayer or mp3blaster will output the sound to the laptop's speaker. Drats. I'm currently trying to figure this out. Got something to do with sndio stuff I guess. Will update on this if I find anything interesting. If you know any tips for this, please share.
Update: I found out that my Plantronics USB Headset is faulty. It's wacko even in XP. Damn. Later then.
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