From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 15:24:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15B0516A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:24:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1161043D53 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:24:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i9RFOMqR082884; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:24:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i9RFOLfu082883; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:24:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:24:21 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Chris Rich Message-ID: <20041027152421.GB80834@abigail.blackend.org> References: <98ce952204102707342df48326@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <98ce952204102707342df48326@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems getting sound to work in 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:24:13 -0000 On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:34:43AM -0500, Chris Rich wrote: > I've recently installed 5.3, the last time I installed FreeBSD(4.9) I > was able to get sound working by adding a device pcm into the kernel. > That did not work this time (of which I now know WHY it didn't work) > so after reading the man pages, the handbook on the freebsd.org > website, I still can't get it to work. > I have done the following things: > Recompiled the kernel with device sound. > using kldload to load different sound drivers (didn't work) > added snd_driver_load="YES" to loader.conf - with this i had a bit of > success because once i started KDE i heard sound, but after that > nothing would play. [...] The fact you hear something is a good news... Check mixer (the command) output, to see various volume/mixer levels. My advice: - keep snd_driver_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf - reboot the box - Do every step from 7.2.2 Testing the Sound Card section from the Handbook - and mail to this list the result of each step. Marc