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Subject: What sound drive should I use?
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I have problems with sound on FreeBSD 5.3 on KDE 3.3.0. 
 
My ASUS P4P800SE motherboard has "ADI AD (Analog Device) 1985 Sound MAX 6-channel CODEC" sound 
card. I don't know if it is supported. In the list of supported sound drivers I found 
snd_ad_1816 driver, but it doesn't work with my card. 
 
System detects my sound card correctly when I use the "kldload snd_drivers" command: 
"Analog Device AD1985 Ac 97 Codec". 
But there is no such driver like snd_ad1985, only snd_ad1816!!! 
 
 
1. Every time when I use only this "snd_ad1816" driver by typing "kldload snd_ad1816" or 
adding "snd_ad1816_load="YES"" in /boot/loader.conf file, I have the following message: 
 
"Sound server informational message: 
Error while initializing the sound driver: 
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory) 
The sound server will continue, using the null output device." 
 
At the same time there is no record in /dev/sndstat file and no /dev/dsp file. 
 
2. There is no such bad message when I load all!!! drivers: "kldload snd_drivers" or add 
"snd_driver_load="YES"" in /boot/loader.conf file. But still no sound! 
On the other hand several empty /dev/dsp files appears: dsp0.0;dsp0.1;dspr0.1;dspW0.0;dspW0.1. 
 
And the following record appears in /dev/sndstat: 
"FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) 
Installed devices: 
pcm0: <Intel ICH5 (82801EB)> at io 0xfebff800, 0xfebff400 irq 17 bufsz 16384 kld snd_ich 
(1p/1r/0v channels duplex default)" 
 
I will be appreciate if someone can help me. 
 
Regards, Sasha