Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:20:01 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew <aremo@ngi.it> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: snd_hda woes on AMD64-based Acer Aspire laptop (6.2-RELEASE) Message-ID: <20070326202001.7013e21b.ariff@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <eu8bci$qvv$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <eu8bci$qvv$1@sea.gmane.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:38:58 +0000 (UTC) Andrew <aremo@ngi.it> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is a call for help... I'm experiencing audio problems on my > laptop: when I try to play audio in KDE, the output is very noisy > and harsh, sometimes briefly stuttering like a skipping CD. > > I've tried the 'cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 play 1' test from the VGA > console (as described in the FreeBSD handbook) but no sound is > emitted in that case. No amount of knobbing and tuning seems to > affect the results. > > My laptop is an Acer Aspire 5101AWLMi (ATI SB450 soundcard) with the > very latest BIOS, on which I've installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE for > i386, plus the binary kernel objects from Ariff Abdullah's site > (sndkld_releng6_i386_lowlatency.tar.gz). > > My dmesg (with uname, etc.) is available at: > > <http://arem.altervista.org/tmp/snd_hda_dmesg.txt>; > > >From your dmesg: pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20070317_0042> ^^^^ (latest should be 0043+) Please grab the latest. Besides, you need DAE capable cd player instead of plain analog. Yours doesn't seem to have proper analog CD connectivity. -- Ariff Abdullah FreeBSD ... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGB7pxlr+deMUwTNoRAl7JAKDXz5wguNvq1xkAlXKNZrirOXSejQCfVwsp r4sH+1N0h6SPs9KqPar8Y6o= =qpBH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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