Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:45:50 -0800 (PST) From: John Caldwell <caldwelljohn44@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org" <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> Subject: Waiting for sound system to respond Message-ID: <1358923550.68557.YahooMailNeo@web163806.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, I just installed Freebsd 9.1 with gnome on a dell E6430s, the sound car= d is IDT High Definition Audio.=A0 It is able to play sound and record soun= d, as the Sound Recorder works fine.=A0 However the OS has no way to contro= l the sound.=A0 Whenever I click System -> Preferences -> Sound, it will wa= it 5 seconds and pop up a very small window saying "Waiting for sound syste= m to respond".=A0 If I click Volume Control in the Volume Applet, it will d= o the same thing.=A0 The volume slider and the Mute button in Volume Contro= l don't work.=A0 Also the hardware buttons to control volume and mute don't= work.=A0 Can you advise me what to do?=A0 The following are relevant info = as I found other people have provided when debugging sound issues.=A0 Thank= s.=0A=0A=0A$ kldstat -v|grep snd=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 270 hdac/snd_hda=0A= =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 269 pci/snd_hda=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 268 hdacc/snd_hda= =0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 267 hdaa/snd_hda_pcm=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 266 pci/s= nd_via8233=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 265 pci/snd_ich=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 264 = pci/snd_es137x=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 263 emu10kx/snd_emu10kx_midi=0A=A0=A0= =A0 =A0=A0=A0 262 emu10kx/snd_emu10kx_pcm=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 261 pci/snd= _emu10kx=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 260 csa/snd_csapcm=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 259= pci/snd_csa=0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 258 pci/snd_cmi=0A=0A=0A/boot/loader.con= f now contains no entry relating to sound, since now alsa sound modules are= built into the kernel so there is no way to load them again (or unload the= m) any more.=0A=0Asound entries in /etc/rc.conf:=0A=0Asnddetect_enable=3D"Y= ES"=0Amixer_enable=3D"YES"=0Asound_enable=3D"YES"=0Asnd_hda_load=3D"YES"=0A= snd_uaudio_load=3D"YES"=0A=0A=0A$ cat /dev/sndstat =0AFreeBSD Audio Driver = (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64)=0AInstalled devices:=0Apcm0: <IDT 92HD93BX= X (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> (play/rec) default=0Apcm1: <IDT 92HD93BXX (Analog)> = (play/rec)=0Apcm2: <Intel Panther Point (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)=0Apcm3: <Inte= l Panther Point (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)=0Apcm4: <Intel Panther Point (HDMI/DP= 8ch)> (play)=0A=0A=0A$ mixer=0AMixer vol=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 is currently set t= o=A0 90:90=0AMixer pcm=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 is currently set to 100:100=0AMixer s= peaker=A0 is currently set to 100:100=0AMixer line=A0=A0=A0=A0 is currently= set to 100:100=0AMixer mic=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 is currently set to=A0 67:67=0AM= ixer mix=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 is currently set to=A0 35:35=0AMixer rec=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0 is currently set to=A0 35:35=0AMixer ogain=A0=A0=A0 is currently set= to 100:100=0ARecording source: mix=0A=0A=0Aentries in dmesg:=0A=0Ahdacc0: = <IDT 92HD93BXX HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0=0Ahdaa0: <IDT 92HD93BXX Audio F= unction Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0=0Apcm0: <IDT 92HD93BXX (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0= )> at nid 13,11 and 10,15 on hdaa0=0Apcm1: <IDT 92HD93BXX (Analog)> at nid = 14 and 17 on hdaa0=0Ahdacc1: <Intel Panther Point HDA CODEC> at cad 3 on hd= ac0=0Ahdaa1: <Intel Panther Point Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1= =0Apcm2: <Intel Panther Point (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 5 on hdaa1=0Apcm3: <Int= el Panther Point (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 6 on hdaa1=0Apcm4: <Intel Panther Po= int (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 7 on hdaa1 From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 23 09:11:02 2013 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C6C6F9 for <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org>; 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23 Jan 2013 01:10:58 -0800 PST Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org" <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Waiting for sound system to respond References: <1358923550.68557.YahooMailNeo@web163806.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:10:57 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Message-ID: <op.wrcw4jv4uwjkcr@freebsd> In-Reply-To: <1358923550.68557.YahooMailNeo@web163806.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.12 (FreeBSD) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions <freebsd-multimedia.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-multimedia>, <mailto:freebsd-multimedia-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-multimedia-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia>, <mailto:freebsd-multimedia-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:11:02 -0000 Did you test it without pulseaudio? I'm a FreeBSD novice, but experienced with audio on Linux and pulseaudio is known to cause trouble like this.
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