From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 22:07:59 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B4C016A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:07:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD2143D49 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:07:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ts4short@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id b11so713717rne for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:07:58 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oEgORRao4InKaglxSng9ai86mR2b5l0pKhyW3J0x3tqxbk0f1xUovftJqrt+e+bMF+680xY254EAMJEZRF8Kq8B07djaztIxWvaQYYWq5xN4yMIy3uAFrMyh6LJEH5PJD43X5r3mxj33Wdyx6fZTHiDd7CF9O1yrqxrz1j5dVzE= Received: by 10.38.59.6 with SMTP id h6mr1783938rna; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:07:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.12.54 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:07:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <48780938050324140739482fe8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:07:57 +0000 From: Todd Shirk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Hardware problems after installing 5.4 pre-release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Todd Shirk List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:07:59 -0000 I'm running FreeBsd/amd64 on a Gateway 7422GX. I installed the 5.3-release version and configured the OS to function properly with the hardware except for the built-in wireless and the infamous conexant softmodem. I read up on some wireless setups to get my wireless card working. In the process, I decided to try my first attempt at a rebuild of world with the latest cvsup stable-supfile download (March 24, 2005). I used the method of: # make buildworld # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL # reboot selected singleuser mode from startup menu # fsck -p # mount -u / # mount -a -t ufs # swapon -a # mergemaster -p # make installworld # mergemaster # reboot (MYKERNEL is the GENERIC plus the lines needed for loading the sound system and the via8233 sound driver for my sound card) device sound device "snd_via8233" (with mergemaster I chose "i" for each file, indicating to use tempory) I booted into the new environment and started KDE3.4. I noticed that I had no sound and no usb mouse functionality. I did the following: # cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Installed devices: pcm0: at io 0x1000 irq 10 (5p/1r/0v channels duplex default) So, the driver seems to be loading, but I'm getting no sound. I've, also, done the following to try to get the sound back. # sysctl hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=8 # sysctl hw.snd.maxautovchans=8 I checked my mixer levels in KDE and added hint.pcm.0.vol="100" to the /boot/device.hints being that the usb mouse also stopped working, I think there might be an issue with the hardware discovery routines in bootup or a configuration file that 5.3 used was overwritten with the rebuilding of world. I'm quite new to FreeBSD and am trying to get a good grasp on the general workings of the OS. So, assume that I need step by step guidelines. Perhaps, since I'm dealing with a pre-release, some of the functionality is missing by design. I have assumed that STABLE would mean that functioning hardware from the prior release will continue functioning with STABLE. I've stayed clear of CURRENT assuming things may often be broken in that branch, as it is experimental. Any help in enlightening me on my hardware issues will be greatly appreciated. # uname -a FreeBSD Todds-Notebook.linksys 5.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Mar 24 14:26:05 UTC 2005 root@Todds-Notebook.linksys:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL amd64