Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:14:42 +0200 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve Franks <franks@rudbek.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: No sound from snd_hda Message-ID: <49509DF2.20301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90812221502t4d6d9053jc30d9556ad97c5f7@mail.gmail.com> References: <giogab$2317$1@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> <494FE13F.6050107@FreeBSD.org> <539c60b90812221502t4d6d9053jc30d9556ad97c5f7@mail.gmail.com>
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Steve Franks wrote: > Should I be asking you about the old snd_hda? I'm having this same > problem and ignoring it for some time (no sound), but on > > FreeBSD aire.franks-development.dyndns.biz 6.4-STABLE FreeBSD > 6.4-STABLE #9: Sat Dec 13 18:25:36 MST 2008 > root@aire.franks-development.dyndns.biz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > amd64 > > instead of current. Just take HDA driver from CURRENT, it works fine on RELENG_7 and I think it may work on your RELENG_6. > I read the warning: > > 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. Such unresolved cases are happen sometimes, but they are really rare. I have being reported only 2 or 3 of them while working on new driver. Absolute majority of devices working fine out of the box, or sometimes require minimal tuning to fix BIOS issues. -- Alexander Motin
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