From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 16:06:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCCF016A4CF for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:06:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from rootlabs.com (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C4AC43D58 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:06:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@rootlabs.com) Received: (qmail 67952 invoked by uid 1000); 17 Dec 2003 00:06:52 -0000 Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:06:52 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson To: sebastian ssmoller Message-ID: <20031216160231.O67876@root.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org cc: andy@triera.net Subject: Re: acpi and sound X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:06:54 -0000 > Hi ! > > I have quite old version of notebook, Toshiba Sattelite 4000. So after install > of FBSD 5.1 sound didn't work. I tried everything I could to get it working. > Everything else did work PCMCIA and all other stuff, but no sound. So I > disabled ACPI (in device hints) and voila everything works. On old boxes, ACPI may not be usable and you should use APM instead. Most pre-1999 hw has broken ASL in one form or another. I'm working on AML blacklisting for old BIOSs where ACPI is known to be broken but the system works fine with APM. This is a lower priority though. > I must warn you though.... If you don't disable ACPI you might not be able to > play sound at all. It seems that ACPI is still quite broken... As his reply points out, the problem is the same with/without ACPI. Your claim about ACPI is unfounded. Much work remains to be done, but that does not equate to broken. -Nate