Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:20:40 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Aniruddha <mailing_list@orange.nl> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't get soundcard to work Message-ID: <20081009082040.GA131@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1223536348.4635.15.camel@debian> References: <1223412136.3966.10.camel@debian> <4463o4qe3c.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <1223490072.3978.3.camel@debian> <20081008210853.GA97002@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <1223502091.4635.3.camel@debian> <20081008223141.GA97321@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <1223536348.4635.15.camel@debian>
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On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 09:12:28AM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 23:31 +0100, Frank Shute wrote: > > > ls /dev/d > > > da0 da2 dcons devstat dsp0.0 dsp1.0 > > > da1 da3 devctl dgdb dsp0.1 dumpdev > > > > On my machine: > > > > $ ls /dev | grep dsp > > dsp0.0 > > dsp0.1 > > > > i.e no dsp1.0 > > > > Could be that the 2 cards are confusing it, as you suggested previously > > (they both use the same driver). Can you disable one in the BIOS? > > I am afraid not :( my ATI radeon 3850 comes with HDMI support which I > can't disable. :( What about the onboard Intel chip? Can you disable that? > > > What does: > > > > $ cat /dev/sndstat > > > > give you? > > sndstat: > > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386) > > Installed devices: > > pcm0: <ATI (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller> at memory > 0xff9ec000 irq 17 kld snd_hda [20080420_0052] [MPSAFE] (mixer only) > > pcm1: <Intel 82801G High Definition Audio Controller> at memory > 0xffafc000 irq 19 kld snd_hda [20080420_0052] [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v > channels duplex) The driver is binding to both. > > > I'm not surprised it freaks out - it's probably struggling to figure > > out which card to use. > > > > I feel pretty sure you'll have better luck disabling one. I have had 2 > > cards in the same machine before but they used different drivers. > > Can this problem be solved with buying an new soundcard? Or wil I run > into the same mess? I'm no expert on the sound subsystem, so I can't tell you. You can probably get what you've got to work but I don't know the appropriate magic. I think you're probably best off posting to: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Explain that you've got 2 sound chips with the snd_hda driver binding to both & ask whether it's possible to get sound out of that configuration without disabling one. > > -- > Regards, > > Aniruddha > Sorry, I couldn't be more help. BTW, hope you don't mind but I've cc'd this to multimedia@ For those on that list, the thread starts here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-October/183904.html Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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