Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:42:38 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Zhang Weiwu, Beijing" <zhangweiwu@realss.com> Subject: Re: sound card not recognized by freebsd 8.2 but mentioned in PC-BSD 8.2 Message-ID: <201104160942.38440.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> In-Reply-To: <4DA86009.5090808@realss.com> References: <4DA86009.5090808@realss.com>
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Hi, did you really get no other answer? On Friday 15 April 2011 22:11:05 Zhang Weiwu, Beijing wrote: > Hello. I intend to use FreeBSD instead of PC-BSD. The sound card doesn't > work on FreeBSD 8.2. I tried to follow the manual and loaded all sound > card drivers > > # kldload snd_driver this will never work. You must load the driver for your sound card. Something like kldload snd_hda You must replace snd_hda by the name of the driver for your card. Erich > > But no driver works: > > # cat /dev/sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2009061500/i386) > Installed devices: > > There is nothing after "installed devices". And there is nothing about > sound card mentioned in dmesg. > > I had the impression non of the drivers recognizes the card, which is: > > none1@pci0:0:4:0: class=0x040100 card=0x103b13bd chip=0x545510b9 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi/ULi)' > device = 'AC'97 Audio Controller (M1563M Southbridge)' > class = multimedia > subclass = audio > > > Search for the chip ID as keyword on google reveals in PC-BSD this > keyword is mentioned in their driver database > "/PCBSD/soundDetect/soundcards.xml" > > source: http://trac.pcbsd.org/changeset/3018/pcbsd > > Somehow this hints PC-BSD recognizes and can configure this sound card. > > My question is, if PC-BSD could play using this sound card, a FreeBSD > method must not be too far away, right? Can I configure FreeBSD somehow > to let a driver recognize and make use of this sound card? > > P. S. If it doesn't work, I guess I'll fall back to Windows instead of > PC-BSD because I intend to use this machine for playing around and > testing GNUStep including its multimedia. The computer has a hard-wired > 8GB storage which is OK for the purpose, but not enough for PC-BSD. > > -- > 我的博客： > http://zhangweiwu.ixiezi.com/ > 网站进化论 －－写给需要网站或后悔有了网站的人 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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