From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 23 15:17:21 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 498C7CDE for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:17:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from four.harrisons@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x234.google.com (mail-we0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA8BD8FE for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:17:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f180.google.com with SMTP id r5so1461139wey.11 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:17:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=KE+zr3po5ohnTVJg+E3Pxk9Yb+nKCBNNNfLa2rbkBLE=; b=bUtJN3CjIXFU0SGccTH09NEhbptSpGO7r3YFKN9wK/hYyprcW2bafeM0aEkLifZmQX pCGclBN6lifLL1UwKiPPycx6202be3J/lXMwhOY4M/uVVo+ryLHKisb2MsaW3bIV4Lxc Hl3+aAV+pekZhugossGF3mIC/V/eN37elSyCvPhqy6wv9aaGgGFAmLwU4jWsAp9J6Vip iRqEctOqB5JmQp9asdzWgF5FaAR22tfDo67k7A8d9uhmLFPUhUIKCi2Px2lOYQL2HLqW 0iKDBS8tpRYIZK7uMAYENeQcivfHhWxQ8uspx0htH2LaVH+8uHa3CGru+H9/5pMt5Veh +L7Q== X-Received: by 10.194.89.169 with SMTP id bp9mr8978319wjb.57.1364051840119; Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:17:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (client-86-25-235-147.mcr-bng-011.adsl.virginmedia.net. [86.25.235.147]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f1sm10567838wib.0.2013.03.23.08.17.13 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:17:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by localhost (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:26:14 +0000 From: Peter Harrison Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:26:14 +0000 To: Lowell Gilbert Subject: Re: No sound with Thinkpad X60 Message-ID: <20130323162614.GB2173@thinkpad.piggybox> References: <20130314225908.GA2157@thinkpad.piggybox> <20130315232827.GA2189@thinkpad.piggybox> <20130321234229.GA2205@thinkpad.piggybox> <514BEC19.2060802@bananmonarki.se> <20130322073106.10ab6e89@scorpio> <444ng3qtw2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <444ng3qtw2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:17:21 -0000 Friday, 22 March 2013 at 12:30:37 -0400, Lowell Gilbert said: > Jerry writes: > > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:28:57 +0100 > > Bernt Hansson articulated: > > > >> 2013-03-22 00:42, Peter Harrison skrev: > >> > >> Put this in your /boot/loader.conf and report back. > >> > >> hw.snd.default_unit="0" > >> > >> Test with other nubers if 0 do not work. > > > > Using an nVidia card, I had to do the following: > > > > /etc/sysctl.conf > > hw.snd.default_unit=4 > > > > Rebooted and the sound worked. I never found any truly accurate > > information on it, it was basically just a trail and error experiment. > > And YES, it sucks that in all to many cases, sound doesn't "just work". > > You don't actually need to reboot for each trial. Running sysctl(8) from > the command line will do. And /dev/sndstat would probably tell you the > right value to try. These things are covered in the Handbook.. > _______________________________________________ > 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" Indeed. I've been faffing around with various sysctl settings from the command line without rebooting. As I mentioned in a slightly earlier email though, it's working now - although I can't figure out why, it is. Thanks for your help. Peter Harrison.