Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:43:20 +1000 From: Brad Kowalczyk <brad@ibiscode.com> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nforce audio problem Message-ID: <44E947F8.1050607@ibiscode.com> In-Reply-To: <20060821020307.GA1113@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <44E7E896.4060008@ibiscode.com> <20060820032034.GB14678@wantadilla.lemis.com> <44E83DB5.4020709@ibiscode.com> <20060821020307.GA1113@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 20 August 2006 at 10:47:17 +0000, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: > >> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> >>> On Sunday, 20 August 2006 at 4:44:06 +0000, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: >>> >>>> Seems I have the correct driver loaded and the device exists but no >>>> sound... >>>> >>> It would be good to say which one (kldstat output), but from below I >>> expect you'll have: >>> >>> ... >>> >> Here's my kldstat output: >> >> (all drivers loaded) >> >> I reallise I don't need all those other sound drivers, but can't >> seem tp find where to disable them... >> > > That depends on how you enabled them :-) You should have something > like this in /var/run/dmesg.boot: > > pcm0: <nVidia nForce2> port 0xe400-0xe4ff,0xe800-0xe87f mem 0xeb000000-0xeb000fff irq 21 at device 6.0 on pci0 > pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC655 AC97 Codec> > yes: pcm0: <nVidia nForce> port 0xe400-0xe47f,0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xdc180000-0xdc180fff irq 16 at device 6.0 on pci0 pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1885 AC97 Codec> > In this case, you should add to your /boot/loader.conf (creating the > file if it doesn't exist): > > snd_ich_load=YES > yes I have that > >>> It might also help if you can connect the pcm device to a different >>> IRQ from the nv device; but that depends on your motherboard BIOS. >>> >> I'm running 5.4 STABLE. I don't have much experience on FreeBSD, how do >> I change the IRQ for a device? >> > > As I say, > > >>> that depends on your motherboard BIOS. >>> > > I'd look in the PCI device configuration first. > > It might also help to move to 6.1. I had problems with sound on this > board until I did I attempted to upgrade to 6.1 last week. All went well until make installkernel where I got a 'no disk space' error part way through. I ended up doing a complete reinstall as I somehow ended up with an unbootable system. I'll keep fiddling about anyhow. Thanks for your input. BTW love your brewing fridge! Got to get me one of those :) Cheers, Brad
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