From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 13 16:24:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08AB716A4CE for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:24:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5951043D70 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:24:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:22:38 -0500 Message-ID: <425D47C3.8020600@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:24:35 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oleksandr Semenko References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Apr 2005 16:22:38.0945 (UTC) FILETIME=[028A0D10:01C54045] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What sound drive should I use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:24:42 -0000 Oleksandr Semenko wrote: >I have problems with sound on FreeBSD 5.3 on KDE 3.3.0. > >My ASUS P4P800SE motherboard has "ADI AD (Analog Device) 1985 Sound MAX 6-channel CODEC" sound >card. I don't know if it is supported. In the list of supported sound drivers I found >snd_ad_1816 driver, but it doesn't work with my card. > >System detects my sound card correctly when I use the "kldload snd_drivers" command: >"Analog Device AD1985 Ac 97 Codec". >But there is no such driver like snd_ad1985, only snd_ad1816!!! > > >1. Every time when I use only this "snd_ad1816" driver by typing "kldload snd_ad1816" or >adding "snd_ad1816_load="YES"" in /boot/loader.conf file, I have the following message: > >"Sound server informational message: >Error while initializing the sound driver: >device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory) >The sound server will continue, using the null output device." > >At the same time there is no record in /dev/sndstat file and no /dev/dsp file. > >2. There is no such bad message when I load all!!! drivers: "kldload snd_drivers" or add >"snd_driver_load="YES"" in /boot/loader.conf file. But still no sound! >On the other hand several empty /dev/dsp files appears: dsp0.0;dsp0.1;dspr0.1;dspW0.0;dspW0.1. > >And the following record appears in /dev/sndstat: >"FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) >Installed devices: >pcm0: at io 0xfebff800, 0xfebff400 irq 17 bufsz 16384 kld snd_ich >(1p/1r/0v channels duplex default)" > >I will be appreciate if someone can help me. > >Regards, Sasha > > Try this as root: `kldload snd_ich.ko`; I'm guessing that the "snd_ich" driver would be what you need, as FBSD seem to think that's what it is. The relevant line in /boot/loader.conf would be, then: snd_ich_load="YES" HTH, Kevin Kinsey