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Date:      Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:26:14 +0000
From:      Peter Harrison <four.harrisons@googlemail.com>
To:        Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: No sound with Thinkpad X60
Message-ID:  <20130323162614.GB2173@thinkpad.piggybox>
In-Reply-To: <444ng3qtw2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
References:  <20130314225908.GA2157@thinkpad.piggybox> <op.wtz02ybcg7njmm@michael-think> <20130315232827.GA2189@thinkpad.piggybox> <op.wt0ga4rxg7njmm@michael-think> <20130321234229.GA2205@thinkpad.piggybox> <514BEC19.2060802@bananmonarki.se> <20130322073106.10ab6e89@scorpio> <444ng3qtw2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>

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Friday, 22 March 2013 at 12:30:37 -0400, Lowell Gilbert said:
> Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:28:57 +0100
> > Bernt Hansson articulated:
> >
> >> 2013-03-22 00:42, Peter Harrison skrev:
> >> 
> >> Put this in your /boot/loader.conf and report back.
> >> 
> >> hw.snd.default_unit="0"
> >> 
> >> Test with other nubers if 0 do not work.
> >
> > Using an nVidia card, I had to do the following:
> >
> > /etc/sysctl.conf
> >   hw.snd.default_unit=4
> >
> > Rebooted and the sound worked. I never found any truly accurate
> > information on it, it was basically just a trail and error experiment.
> > And YES, it sucks that in all to many cases, sound doesn't "just work".
> 
> You don't actually need to reboot for each trial. Running sysctl(8) from
> the command line will do. And /dev/sndstat would probably tell you the
> right value to try. These things are covered in the Handbook..
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Indeed. I've been faffing around with various sysctl settings from the command line without rebooting. As I mentioned in a slightly earlier email though, it's working now - although I can't figure out why, it is.

Thanks for your help.



Peter Harrison.



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