diff -r -wud libmatemixer-1.12.1.orig/backends/oss/oss-backend.c libmatemixer-1.12.1/backends/oss/oss-backend.c
--- libmatemixer-1.12.1.orig/backends/oss/oss-backend.c	2015-11-29 19:18:29.000000000 +0100
+++ libmatemixer-1.12.1/backends/oss/oss-backend.c	2016-12-13 20:33:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
      * from the sndstat file, but avoid even trying that on systems where this
      * is not needed and the file is not present */
 #define OSS_PATH_SNDSTAT  "/dev/sndstat"
+    /* remove SOUND_MIXER_INFO on FreeBSD, use OSS_PATH_SNDSTAT */
+#undef SOUND_MIXER_INFO
 #endif
 
 #define OSS_MAX_DEVICES   32
@@ -373,6 +375,10 @@
 {
     guint index;
 
+    /* default_device setting only in read_device_label_sndstat()
+     * on FreeBSD use OSS_PATH_SNDSTAT
+     */
+
 #ifdef SOUND_MIXER_INFO
     do {
         struct mixer_info info;
@@ -426,6 +432,7 @@
 
     while (fgets (line, sizeof (line), fp) != NULL) {
         gchar *p;
+        g_strchomp(line); // required for g_str_has_suffix()
 
         if (g_str_has_prefix (line, prefix) == FALSE)
             continue;