Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 10:41:47 +0800 From: Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 8000 and FreeBSD 4.3 Message-ID: <20010415104147.C2823@brel.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010414132054.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 01:20:54PM -0700 References: <XFMail.20010415015844.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <XFMail.010414132054.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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Greetings,
I have a Dell 8000, and I just figured the module part out too
and got sound working.
My Way:
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in /boot/loader.conf, I have a line that says,
snd_pcm_load="YES"
This loads the pcm module way in advance, (before kernel, I think),
then , I have to edit a file /etc/rc.local (create it if not there),
and add the following line,
/sbin/kldload snd_maestro3
Which loads the sound driver towards the end of system startup.
BTW, I also have the lines,
/usr/sbin/mixer vol 45:45
/usr/sbin/mixer speaker 45:45
to adjust the volume, so it isn't too loud. The default is about 75:75
which is way too loud for me.
I didn't compile "device pcm" into the kernel.
Correct Way:
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Okay, supposedly, you only need to edit /boot/locder.conf,
and add the line
snd_maestro3_load="YES"
It will load the dependency, which is "pcm" correctly.
It loaded the modules okay, but then I get terrible screeching
sounds, or static, when I play sound, so it didn't seem quite
like.
I figure out after a while that it probably has to do with
the order of the modules loading (I tried and error by hand),
and that I need to load the pcm module way in advance, then
after that load the maestro3 module.
Tried but didn't work
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tried this already, in /booot/loader.conf,
snd_pcm_load="YES"
snd_maestro3_load="YES"
tried editing /usr/src/sys/conf/files,
and added one line as follows,
dev/sound/pci/maestro.c optional pcm pci
++ dev/sound/pci/maestro.c optional pcm pci
dev/sound/pci/neomagic.c optional pcm pci
That compiles the maestro3 driver, and detected correctly,
but get the static too.
Anyway, the above is what I have tried.
Good luck to you, Daniel. Hope this helps.
ps: Haven't tried any PCMCIA though.
also, resume is not working for me too, I think
someone reported it very recently.
Regards,
/calvin
lines with :> are quotes from John Baldwin's email
:>
:> On 14-Apr-01 Daniel O'Connor wrote:
:> > Hi,
:> > I recently got a i8000 for work and so far I am fairly pleased with the
:> > success
:> > I am having. Currently the internal modem and ethernet work, USB works and X
:> > is
:> > running.
:> >
:> > I can't get the sound to work which seems quite odd to me since I can see an
:> > ID
:> > for a supported soundcard when I do pciconf -l (ie a Maestro 3 - 0x1998125d).
:> > I
:> > haven't investigated further than boot -v.
:>
:> The maestro3 requires a GPL'd header so you have to kldload it's module
:> separately I think or some such.
:>
:> > Inserting a PCMCIA card locks the machine solid (I have only tried a CF
:> > adapter
:> > card so far). I haven't played with configuring it either (tips gratefully
:> > received :)
:>
:> Hrm, pccard works fine on my 5000e.
:>
:> > Also, I can't suspend/resume which I am told is because of a BIOS bug which
:> > sucks but there's not much to be done about that :)
:> > (I can induce a suspend/resume OK but when the laptop comes back the fxp card
:> > spits millions of 'SCB timeout' and 'DMA timeout', and it seems the ata
:> > controller wedges, or doesn't reinit the controller).
:>
:> This doesn't sound like the 5000e kernel bug, which panics the kernel as soon
:> as you try to do anything with apm. The problems do seem to indicate a problem
:> where the hardware isn't being rewoken properly. Not sure if that is a BIOS
:> bug or a software bug though.
:>
:> --
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