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Kyle Lafkoff <kyle.lafkoff@gmail.com> writes:

> loaded sound / snd_ess
> 
> dmesg shows:
> 
> pcm0: <ESS Technology Maestro-2E> port 0xd800-0xd8ff irq 5 at device 8.0 on pci0
> pcm0: cannot allocate DMA memory
> device_attach: pcm0 attach returned 6
> pcm0: <ESS Technology Maestro-2E> port 0xd800-0xd8ff irq 5 at device 8.0 on pci0
> pcm0: cannot allocate DMA memory
> 
> ???

Looks like snd_ess isn't the right driver.

Try the recommendation from the handbook:  load snd_driver
(which loads *all* of the drivers) and see which one it 
uses (and whether it works).