From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 25 17:38:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11FCA106564A for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:38:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F5618FC15 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb40 with SMTP id 40so2188428wyb.13 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:38:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=8IpXrvCN3z4ZShYHNcd7KFSvLsZUBFwAIqZPwuOEPOU=; b=LCjwGQ/6acIjkUfgZ1Sicpi5IIJATLwzemuPYOTGOdmB8DA2DBCM+xAZvyGOb+16Pk Kp8YnFrEkAzxkP+CyMDgBsWw3AEje7aM/1BEHJokI5WUj/i82eF1s651/qRLel+t+Tu4 PoBUuJKrudVjDO2IxU3py1CsDnrT//1aKLjAY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jGK53VyPycQz7TVPH+SQxYqI74R/bKWGUyqfzcA4OFQmHXjShUCwM/uR//sIvqlUWd rSxLOGBh3Byhq+iqpXIDzPjzoPWB+AcxdkMluY/a1J2ByWMhq41X27bCrC/f60b95cVS ZsPtJ74d9LPbh0tXnE1zRmgi8YOAG0W3Ho+fA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.156.203 with SMTP id m53mr28774wek.209.1267119498139; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:38:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B86B108.8010009@wintek.com> References: <4B86B108.8010009@wintek.com> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:38:17 +0000 Message-ID: <2e027be01002250938g2ce478a0p5ee6715c144ab0c8@mail.gmail.com> From: Tom Evans To: rjk@wintek.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD8.0 sound on Dell Optiplex 960 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:38:29 -0000 On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Richard Kuhns 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: (play) default > pcm1: (play/rec) > pcm2: (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