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Date:      Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:00:11 +0800
From:      Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sound: get sbc, but no pcm
Message-ID:  <20071101220011.7db9fc07.ariff@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071101130608.GA706@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <20071101130608.GA706@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk>

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On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:06:08 +0000
Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm trying to get a sound from my laptop. I can see the actual card
> in dmesg, but no audio framework driver (no pcm).
>=20
> hardware: i386 armada 1700 laptop
> sound: ESS 1869 16-bit Plug and Play (PnP)
> OS: FBSD 6.3-prerelease
>=20
> I checked that the sound is working using Compaq PC diagnostics
> floppy.
>=20
> I added=20
>=20
> 	device          sound
> 	device          snd_sbc
> 	device          snd_sb16
>=20
> to the kernel configuration file and
>=20
> 	hint.pcm.0.at=3D"isa"
> 	hint.pcm.0.port=3D"0x220"
> 	hint.pcm.0.irq=3D"5"
> 	hint.pcm.0.drq=3D"1"
> 	hint.pcm.0.flags=3D"0x0"
>=20
> to /boot/device.hints. The port was set up using Compaq Setup for
> Portables floppy.
>=20
> I can see the card in dmesg as sbc0:
>=20
> unknown: <PNP0401> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port)
> sbc0: <ESS ES1869 (Compaq OEM)> at port
> 0x230-0x23f,0x388-0x38b,0x300-0x301 irq 5 drq 0,1 on isa0
> sbc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources (irq)
> unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (memory)
>=20
> but I cannot see pcm, and /dev/sndstat is empty:
>=20
> # cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> #
> =20
> What am I missing?

snd_ess

> Are the "unknown" messages relevant?
>=20
> many thanks
> anton
>=20


--
Ariff Abdullah
FreeBSD

... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced
    and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........

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