Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:24:35 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Oleksandr Semenko <o_sema@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What sound drive should I use? Message-ID: <425D47C3.8020600@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <E1DLiQD-000Mnz-00.o_sema-mail-ru@f22.mail.ru> References: <E1DLiQD-000Mnz-00.o_sema-mail-ru@f22.mail.ru>
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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: <Intel ICH5 (82801EB)> 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
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