From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 18 19:02:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C58A106566C for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demelier.david@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CD438FC13 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:02:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so4635564fxm.13 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:02:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=IqEPKiezOw5I/Posco8tKUk8DuvxDvaxPshyYxhAilI=; b=xEf9Ua5RZge4yid44aXjcuApL0r3e0tAzxnIVC2FRQYI3Iu32FF25w3PiQ/66RNY/J VsnUXyix/2+n5iNKbvNRTYxTRoREVc4Peef+7TJ2r6HierXb4ws1vCtLuCyx9Sfc+1Qh dj2uu9vDd3EPYUZR01fX2kg8O4L7EM/Xqt2Lg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SHa4NsBD5hw1wwPy3iZKOLvvbEuUnxyzQv/aWjyfA9xh9YJ2CsdLbCm2PS+SIYTSFk wzbRNRM3Kdh3gx5kAkBVDW2n9lFjGS0ExvCdAZOXWhlzoZNj51Rzi4pmEXE5sUfW5xh4 WfizU1ueim97iBfckBfbAR0jJe6ySf99PQrWU= Received: by 10.223.161.133 with SMTP id r5mr1718152fax.18.1300474960114; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:02:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Melon.malikania.fr (65.21.102-84.rev.gaoland.net [84.102.21.65]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n7sm1511641fam.11.2011.03.18.12.02.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:02:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D83AC0B.3080402@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:01:31 +0100 From: David Demelier User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110306 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20110317142559.GA1576@gmail.com> <4D823020.1020202@comcast.net> <20110318164549.GA1335@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110318164549.GA1335@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FBSD 8.2R does not probe sound card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:02:41 -0000 On 18/03/2011 17:45, Gua Chung Lim wrote: > Thank you for your kind responses. > Though I don't understand much what you said, > I shall give you further info. > >> pcm1 device is the HDMI audio output on your graphics card. My only >> suggestion here is to play with the sysctl hw.snd.default_unit: > # tail -n 1 /etc/sysctl.conf > hw.snd.default_unit=1 > (I left /boot/loader.conf untouched.) > # shutdown -r now > > after reboot > # kldload snd_driver > # sysctl -d hw.snd.default_unit > hw.snd.default_unit: default sound device > # sysctl hw.snd.default_unit > hw.snd.default_unit: 0 > > The speakers are still quiet. > I wonder why it is still 0, even if /etc/sysctl.conf set it to 1. > >> What programs are you using to test the sound output? > Just repeat backspaces at the blank command prompt. > guacl@bsdhost:~%... > If sound driver is functioning, the speakers should echo. > Note that the internal speaker (inside the case) does echo, for sure. > > Thank you. > Please add snd_hda_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf, you won't need to kldload manually. -- David Demelier