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Date:      Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:33:48 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Cc:        admin2@forkthepenguin.com
Subject:   Re: 5.3 Release and Realtek
Message-ID:  <200412201033.48519.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.58L.0412181045100.6422@vp4.netgate.net>
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.58L.0412181045100.6422@vp4.netgate.net>

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On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 05:42, admin2@forkthepenguin.com wrote:
> I'm running 5.3-Release amd64 on an Asus AV8 motherboard which includes
> Realtek ALC850 audio chipset. I'm unable to get the system to recognize
> the chipset. From the archives/man pages/manual I've :

This is the AC97 chipset, the thing that you load the driver for is differe=
nt.

> # kldload snd_driver
> kldload: can't load snd_driver: No such file or directory

Try kldload snd_ich, failing that email the output of pciconf -lv

Although snd_driver should work.. What does dmesg say after you've tried to=
=20
load it?

> The last one resulted in /dev/sndstat showing up, but the contents show
> no devices :
>
> # cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
>
> However I don't see any snd_* modules in /boot/kernel/*ko

Hmm, well that IS odd :)
[inchoate 10:30] ~ >ll /boot/kernel/snd*.ko | wc -l
      25

Have you rebuilt your kernel? It may be that it failed part way through so =
you=20
didn't get the sound driver modules built or installed.

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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