From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 16 02:42:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D69F106564A for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:42:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erich@alogreentechnologies.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632288FC13 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:42:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p3G2gbMN012473; Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:42:40 -0600 From: Erich Dollansky Organization: ALO Green Technologies Pte Ltd To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:42:38 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-STABLE; KDE/4.5.4; amd64; ; ) References: <4DA86009.5090808@realss.com> In-Reply-To: <4DA86009.5090808@realss.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201104160942.38440.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:13:22 +0000 Cc: "Zhang Weiwu, Beijing" Subject: Re: sound card not recognized by freebsd 8.2 but mentioned in PC-BSD 8.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:42:43 -0000 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= =20 > work on FreeBSD 8.2. I tried to follow the manual and loaded all sound=20 > card drivers >=20 > # 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 >=20 > But no driver works: >=20 > # cat /dev/sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2009061500/i386) > Installed devices: >=20 > There is nothing after "installed devices". And there is nothing about=20 > sound card mentioned in dmesg. >=20 > I had the impression non of the drivers recognizes the card, which is: >=20 > none1@pci0:0:4:0: class=3D0x040100 card=3D0x103b13bd chip=3D0x545510b9 re= v=3D0x03 hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi/ULi)' > device =3D 'AC'97 Audio Controller (M1563M Southbridge)' > class =3D multimedia > subclass =3D audio >=20 >=20 > Search for the chip ID as keyword on google reveals in PC-BSD this=20 > keyword is mentioned in their driver database=20 > "/PCBSD/soundDetect/soundcards.xml" >=20 > source: http://trac.pcbsd.org/changeset/3018/pcbsd >=20 > Somehow this hints PC-BSD recognizes and can configure this sound card. >=20 > My question is, if PC-BSD could play using this sound card, a FreeBSD=20 > method must not be too far away, right? Can I configure FreeBSD somehow=20 > to let a driver recognize and make use of this sound card? >=20 > P. S. If it doesn't work, I guess I'll fall back to Windows instead of=20 > PC-BSD because I intend to use this machine for playing around and=20 > testing GNUStep including its multimedia. The computer has a hard-wired=20 > 8GB storage which is OK for the purpose, but not enough for PC-BSD. >=20 > --=20 > =E6=88=91=E7=9A=84=E5=8D=9A=E5=AE=A2=EF=BC=9A > http://zhangweiwu.ixiezi.com/ > =E7=BD=91=E7=AB=99=E8=BF=9B=E5=8C=96=E8=AE=BA =EF=BC=8D=EF=BC=8D=E5=86=99= =E7=BB=99=E9=9C=80=E8=A6=81=E7=BD=91=E7=AB=99=E6=88=96=E5=90=8E=E6=82=94=E6= =9C=89=E4=BA=86=E7=BD=91=E7=AB=99=E7=9A=84=E4=BA=BA >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 >=20