Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:52:45 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> To: "eric baumbach" <embaumbach@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: snd_hda sound driver bug? Message-ID: <20080315095245.2702a6b3.ariff@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <25106b540803141807t335763fdgfeb9cb3e3abe6ac5@mail.gmail.com> References: <25106b540803141807t335763fdgfeb9cb3e3abe6ac5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:07:06 -0400
"eric baumbach" <embaumbach@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was excited to see that with FreeBSD 7.0R my sound card should
> work natively under FreeBSD. My chipset was listed in the man pages
> to be reported working ok. (nVidia MCP51/Analog Devices AD1986A).
>
> I added the sound driver to /boot/loader.conf; snd_hda_load="YES"
>
> My sound card will still not work. I have tried sending data files
> to /dev/dsp, playing audio cds and playing some X games all with no
> sound.
>
> The free OSS driver from ports does work, though not very good.
>
> I found a potential
> bug listed in the man pages as well for the snd_hda driver:
>
> "A few Hardware/OEM vendors tend to screw up BIOS settings, thus
> rendering the snd_hda driver useless, which usually results in a
> state where the snd_hda driver seems to attach and work, but without
> any sound."
>
> The BIOS I am using is AMI.
>
> I am running FreeBSD 7.0R on an ASUS A8M laptop with a stock kernel.
>
> Here is my current dmesg:
>
[...]
Thanks, but to avoid guessing too much, you need to show verbose
version of dmesg.
But first, try setting hint.pcm.0.config="eapdinv" throught
device.hints .
> Is there any possible workarounds I can try to keep testing my card
> and get the sound to work with this driver?
>
> Many Thanks
> Eric
>
--
Ariff Abdullah
FreeBSD
... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced
and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........
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