Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:06:52 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: sebastian ssmoller <sebastian.ssmoller@gmx.net> Cc: andy@triera.net Subject: Re: acpi and sound Message-ID: <20031216160231.O67876@root.org>
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> Hi ! > > I have quite old version of notebook, Toshiba Sattelite 4000. So after install > of FBSD 5.1 sound didn't work. I tried everything I could to get it working. > Everything else did work PCMCIA and all other stuff, but no sound. So I > disabled ACPI (in device hints) and voila everything works. On old boxes, ACPI may not be usable and you should use APM instead. Most pre-1999 hw has broken ASL in one form or another. I'm working on AML blacklisting for old BIOSs where ACPI is known to be broken but the system works fine with APM. This is a lower priority though. > I must warn you though.... If you don't disable ACPI you might not be able to > play sound at all. It seems that ACPI is still quite broken... As his reply points out, the problem is the same with/without ACPI. Your claim about ACPI is unfounded. Much work remains to be done, but that does not equate to broken. -Nate
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