From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 1 18:59:08 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 7240116A420 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:59:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominique.goncalves@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2455213C4A6 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:59:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominique.goncalves@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so1868725wra for ; Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:59:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=lwwf4ZU8Wh0s9ydOR8R9bozdN5sR9dswSDxUK1N7A2E=; b=eRmlnh4glx+5BtgRusJp2ontNUOppojvzcerr1qQ3+4uWmEzm1ZFEIQy/Ua9g3xT+U+WfM6Jc1wH5/P6AjLzquT+kubWHrYSV5rzJnApxkIBQ29yb+lqma5HPddb6W0KNZpSqFXYhUZJ+ruO9N5stdvYFTlehtI1D5HmTkhU4b8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=hvwGSxVJJQHzkuz2P1dYr+mdcQzmNjmfibBNAq1Vf6f4nj/fszDuesGkQOmudSYKPQOkTGHqNprPo0Vb1exWmSAzsdTeqom98/vrW1TKSAFhoYHBUkwPDpcNczljnB4NRPqjs3XONkWGjeTGiO60pTdpXDhVuZ8AoD/Yk33vMqk= Received: by 10.78.179.12 with SMTP id b12mr3609258huf.1191265145343; Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:59:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.158.18 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:59:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7daacbbe0710011159t63393154ycbdd7e30c906902d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:59:05 +0200 From: "Dominique Goncalves" To: "Sai Vinob" In-Reply-To: <233172.37973.qm@web43145.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <233172.37973.qm@web43145.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 18:59:08 -0000 Hi, On 10/1/07, Sai Vinob wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > What's the output of dmesg after kldload snd_via8233 ? 'pciconf -vl' could help also to see what's your exact hardware (revision, etc...) Regards. -- There's this old saying: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life."