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Subject: Re: Audio Driver
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William Olson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have an AC '97 Audio Card and it doesn't seem to be working. Here is
> my uname -a
> 
> FreeBSD gce.nw.local 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Nov
> 13 14:00:11 EST 2006
> root@gce.nw.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> 
> The output of cat /dev/sndstat
> 
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> 
> The actual name of the card on the motherboard is
> 
> SoundMax AD1888 Audio
> 
> The output of pciconf -lv
> 
> none1@pci0:4:0: class=0x040100 card=0x810d1043 chip=0x545510b9 rev=0x20 
> hdr=0x00
>   vendor   = 'Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi)'
>   device   = 'M1563M Southbridge AC'97 Audio Controller'
>   class    = multimedia
>   subclass = audio
> 
> Is there anything I can do to make this work? Please let me know.
> 

Did you read the handbook?
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html

You need to load snd_driver module and then cat /dev/sndstat to find out 
what module supports your audio card.

PS. I have the same AD1888 chipset.
pcm0@pci0:17:5: class=0x040100 card=0x810d1043 chip=0x30591106 rev=0x60 
hdr=0x00
     vendor   = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
     device   = 'VT8233/33A/8235/8237 AC97 Enhanced Audio Controller'
     class    = multimedia
     subclass = audio
and it's working perfectly with snd_via8233 module.