From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 25 18:42:31 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 1FC441065670 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:42:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjk@wintek.com) Received: from local.wintek.com (local.wintek.com [206.230.2.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF14F8FC0C for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:42:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rjk.wintek.local (172.28.1.248) by local.wintek.com (172.28.1.234) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.393.1; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:42:29 -0500 Message-ID: <4B86C495.6030309@wintek.com> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:42:29 -0500 From: Richard Kuhns Organization: Wintek Corporation User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100209 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Evans References: <4B86B108.8010009@wintek.com> <2e027be01002250938g2ce478a0p5ee6715c144ab0c8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2e027be01002250938g2ce478a0p5ee6715c144ab0c8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Reply-To: rjk@wintek.com 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 18:42:31 -0000 On 02/25/10 12:38, Tom Evans wrote: > 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 the >> back of the tower seem to do anything. >> >> In addition, when starting a Virtual Machine under VirtualBox, I get a popup >> 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, >> - Richart > > Your default device is currently the HDMI output on your graphics > card. You probably want to play with sysctl snd.default_unit=1 (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 OK, now I can get sound from both vlc and xmms as long as I plug the speakers into the headphone jack on the front of the tower, which is a major improvement! It doesn't make any difference which (non-zero) value I give to hw.snd.default_unit. VMs no longer complain at startup, but there's still no audio from them; there's also no sound from flash. I'm pretty sure that's what BBC Radio uses, and I've always liked to listen to Radio 4's news at 1 (which is 8 AM for me). Many thanks for your help! -- Richard Kuhns My Desk: 765-269-8541 Wintek Corporation Internet Support: 765-269-8503 427 N 6th Street STE C Consulting: 765-269-8504 Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Accounting: 765-269-8502