From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 1 17:19:15 2007 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 8B3F316A420 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:19:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saivinob@yahoo.com) Received: from web43145.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (web43145.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [216.252.121.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8580013C46A for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:19:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saivinob@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 49411 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Oct 2007 16:52:34 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=fU1zbXXMYUlefS8VZxKVMlwqwZ9Uqsi1A5xzzygH3x8ExPeJeC2DfZgo6e+ce8B37s/c3BiUps7XseMagxiI6HxxA0a8yW0WxX8gF6d6RwslIHclwjUhlT4eMppjw39jzTteFQ593Q8TY/QOq8Ku5vhFIJd+FqCsX27shTCMRig=; X-YMail-OSG: ByNQ.fYVM1mIkyzK7Z4lr3ofjX8FbhVy.CXhFGUwNqY6WjGiZJhhNiN1VlFdHP1gcA.onaaOsIWo9p1xa4PBjoTL.SkFQcGSRdCwpsHtzUJY_.bKt5s- Received: from [121.246.11.122] by web43145.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:52:33 BST Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:52:33 +0100 (BST) From: Sai Vinob To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <233172.37973.qm@web43145.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Subject: Long msg: Unable to enable audio in FreeBSD 6.2 - Chipset VT8233A 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: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:19:15 -0000 Hi all, I'm not able to enable sound on my FreeBSD 6.2 box. I'm trying it here in mailing lists after trying in forums The error message when I click on the speaker icon is: The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don'thave the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured. My motherboard is Asus K8V-VM Ultra with southbridge VT8233A. It uses a realtek ALC660 codec. Initially, 'kldstat' just showed: Id Refs Address Size Name 1 10 0xc0400000 6f6544 kernel 2 1 0xc0af7000 59f20 acpi.ko 3 1 0xc4364000 16000 linux.ko 4 1 0xc43b9000 17000 ng_btsocket.ko 5 1 0xc43d0000 a000 netgraph.ko 6 1 0xc43de000 2000 ng_bluetooth.ko and /dev/sndstat did not exist. I then tried 'kldload snd_via8233' and I got this for 'cat /dev/sndstat': #cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Installed devices: I tried 'kldload snd_driver', the generic case too. But no use. Then I tried loading it as boottime module with 'snd_via8233_load="YES"' in the /boot/loader.conf file. The 'kldstat' now shows, Id Refs Address Size Name 1 12 0xc0400000 6f6544 kernel 2 1 0xc0af7000 6170 snd_via8233.ko 3 2 0xc0afe000 22b88 sound.ko 4 1 0xc0b21000 59f20 acpi.ko 5 1 0xc4368000 16000 linux.ko 6 1 0xc43c6000 17000 ng_btsocket.ko 7 1 0xc43bb000 a000 netgraph.ko 8 1 0xc43e1000 2000 ng_bluetooth.ko But this did not solve the problem. Looking at the error msg which talked about GStream plugins, I did /usr/sysinstall and from ftp installed whatever GStreamer thing I could find. But nothing helped. Could anyone guide me in activating audio in my box. Save all your chat conversations. Find them online at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php