Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 14:43:18 -0700 From: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> To: "Michael R. Wayne" <wayne@staff.msen.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound disappeared on Dell Inspirion 8100 Message-ID: <20030503214318.77F7973@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Message from "Michael R. Wayne" <wayne@staff.msen.com> <200305021552.h42Fqhbu064453@manor.msen.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--==_Exmh_1238861292P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I had 4.5 installed on my Dell Inspirion 8100 and sound worked OK. > Then, I upgraded to 4.7 and the machine acted like sound was muted. > I just upgraded to 4.8 and there has been no change. > > Sound works fine under Win2K so the hardware is OK. > > The kernel sees the sound card: > cat /dev/sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) > Installed devices: > pcm0: <ESS Technology Maestro3> at io 0xdc00 irq 5 (4p/1r/0v channels duplex) > > and I can run programs that use the sound card: > mpg123 Heart-Barracuda.mp3 > High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. > Version 0.59r (1999/Jun/15). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. > Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! > THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! > > Playing MPEG stream from Heart-Barracuda.mp3 ... > MPEG 1.0 layer III, 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz stereo > > but nothing comes out the speakers. > > It's as though a mute switch has been hit. I tried toggling the mute > (ALT-End), hitting volume up (ALT-Page Up and the buttons near the > power switch) with no efect. > > I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Any ideas? What does 'mixer' say? My Maestro-3 often comes up with the master volume set to zero after a new boot (and sometimes after a resume, IIRC). Don't forget to set the inputs down to nothing if you're not recording too - this can reduce hiss on playback considerably :-/ Cheers, AS --==_Exmh_1238861292P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE+tDf2PHh895bDXeQRAosxAJ9pKIWLqJ3OMzdLLc0zaRu+UcCLagCgiRbt R3jeJOvY1PtaCj89rHy6vso= =dez3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1238861292P--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030503214318.77F7973>