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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:38:17 +0000
From:      Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
To:        rjk@wintek.com
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD8.0 sound on Dell Optiplex 960
Message-ID:  <2e027be01002250938g2ce478a0p5ee6715c144ab0c8@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B86B108.8010009@wintek.com>
References:  <4B86B108.8010009@wintek.com>

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On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm hoping someone can give me some help getting audio working on this
> beast. I'm by no means an audiophile; I just like to listen to the
> occasional CD and/or online station while I work. None of the jacks on th=
e
> back of the tower seem to do anything.
>
> In addition, when starting a Virtual Machine under VirtualBox, I get a po=
pup
> saying:
>
> "Some audio devices (PCM_in, PCM_mic) could not be opened". Under Details=
,
> the Error ID is HostAudioNotResponding.
>
> $ cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2009061500/i386)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <HDA ATI R6xx HDMI PCM #0 HDMI> (play) default
> pcm1: <HDA Analog Devices AD1984A PCM #0 Analog> (play/rec)
> pcm2: <HDA Analog Devices AD1984A PCM #1 Analog> (play/rec)
>
> Per the snd_hda manpage, I'm also attaching the hda-related output from a
> verbose boot.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0- Richart

Your default device is currently the HDMI output on your graphics
card. You probably want to play with sysctl snd.default_unit=3D1 (or 2)
to set it to one of the analog outputs. One should be the front audio,
the other one should be the back.

Once you've got it sorted out, add to /etc/sysctl.conf to persist it.

Cheers

Tom



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