From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 15 15:11:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E84581065672 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:11:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zhangweiwu@realss.com) Received: from bossdog.realss.com (bossdog.realss.com [211.157.114.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BBF68FC08 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:11:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bossdog.realss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44B67104024 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:09:33 +0800 (HKT) Received: from bossdog.realss.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bossdog.realss.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id i-AYetcZyRJ1 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:09:33 +0800 (HKT) Received: from [192.168.1.168] (unknown [125.33.183.126]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bossdog.realss.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AB45E104023 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:09:32 +0800 (HKT) Message-ID: <4DA86009.5090808@realss.com> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:11:05 +0800 From: "Zhang Weiwu, Beijing" Organization: Real Softservice, Beijing User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux ppc; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110223 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: sound card not recognized by freebsd 8.2 but mentioned in PC-BSD 8.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:11:12 -0000 Hello. I intend to use FreeBSD instead of PC-BSD. The sound card doesn't work on FreeBSD 8.2. I tried to follow the manual and loaded all sound card drivers # kldload snd_driver But no driver works: # cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2009061500/i386) Installed devices: There is nothing after "installed devices". And there is nothing about sound card mentioned in dmesg. I had the impression non of the drivers recognizes the card, which is: none1@pci0:0:4:0: class=0x040100 card=0x103b13bd chip=0x545510b9 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi/ULi)' device = 'AC'97 Audio Controller (M1563M Southbridge)' class = multimedia subclass = audio Search for the chip ID as keyword on google reveals in PC-BSD this keyword is mentioned in their driver database "/PCBSD/soundDetect/soundcards.xml" source: http://trac.pcbsd.org/changeset/3018/pcbsd Somehow this hints PC-BSD recognizes and can configure this sound card. My question is, if PC-BSD could play using this sound card, a FreeBSD method must not be too far away, right? Can I configure FreeBSD somehow to let a driver recognize and make use of this sound card? P. S. If it doesn't work, I guess I'll fall back to Windows instead of PC-BSD because I intend to use this machine for playing around and testing GNUStep including its multimedia. The computer has a hard-wired 8GB storage which is OK for the purpose, but not enough for PC-BSD. -- 我的博客： http://zhangweiwu.ixiezi.com/ 网站进化论 －－写给需要网站或后悔有了网站的人