Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:33:28 -0600 From: <Matthew_Northcott@Dell.com> To: <flash@raught.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org. Subject: RE: Gateway MX3215 laptop running fbsd 6.1 current, no sound. Message-ID: <A9C792A7FB08BD46A31A0439F08B8BBE2C5E1B@ausx3mpc104.aus.amer.dell.com> In-Reply-To: <4580C214.4070800@raught.net>
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Thanks for the advice. Im gonna play an audio file and then just use mixer to mute some of the inputs. I actually read something similar to that I found on google. Treid to find it again to post the link but never could find it. If you (or anyone for that matter) come across any specifics please let me know. =20 -----Original Message----- From: Mark A-J. Raught [mailto:flash@raught.net]=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:17 PM To: Northcott, Matthew - Authorized Dell Representative Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gateway MX3215 laptop running fbsd 6.1 current, no sound. Matthew_Northcott@Dell.com wrote: > have been hacking at this freebsd install for over 3 weeks now. Got=20 > everything working perfectly but sound. Been playing with it for=20 > awhile and have tried all of the config options i could imagine. Now=20 > gateway doesnt shed to much light on the soundcard/chipset thats in this system. > > > it does tell me these two bits of info.=20 > Chipset: Via VN800 > Audio: AC '97 2.3 Compliant Audio > Built-in Speakers > > So i tried native drivers, but no go. So i then downloaded and got OSS > installed ( latest version from the website) it does see my sound card > as VIA VT8233/8235/8237. But when I go to play sound eaither ussing=20 > osstest or an application like xmms the system thinks it's playing to=20 > the sound out, but i get no sound from the speakers. Adjusted volume=20 > using ossxmix, but to no avail. Anyone ever ran into anyhting like=20 > this or is using this same system? Any help would be much appreciated. > =20 > =20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list=20 > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > =20 I had a similar problem a while ago with (I think) a VIA driver. I'm not sure what laptop it was on, but the driver would see it and it looked like it was working but there was no sound. It drove me crazy. I found that if I muted or was it unmuted one of the sound devices possibly line in and it would work. I just created a script to do it from the command line and all was well. It wasn't the actual audio device that I muted or unmuted, it was just one of the others and as soon as that was done the audio worked normally. I can look into more if you need specifics, but it may be until weekend when I can get on the different laptops and look around. It may have even been this one (intel audio) but I have linux on it currently. -mark
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