Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:11:32 -0500 From: Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD8.0 sound on Dell Optiplex 960 Message-ID: <4B86D974.2070808@wintek.com> In-Reply-To: <4B86C495.6030309@wintek.com> References: <4B86B108.8010009@wintek.com> <2e027be01002250938g2ce478a0p5ee6715c144ab0c8@mail.gmail.com> <4B86C495.6030309@wintek.com>
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On 02/25/10 13:42, Richard Kuhns wrote: > On 02/25/10 12:38, Tom Evans wrote: >> 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 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:<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, >>> - 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! > While I know it's generally bad form to follow up to myself, I've made some more progress and it might be useful to someone else. The problem with flash was apparently that I had to symlink /usr/compat/linux/lib/libssl.so.5 to the currently installed version, libssl.so.0.9.8g. Strange but true... At any rate, I now have sound from everything I did before except for VMs under Virtual Box. Once again, thanks, Tom, for your help. -- Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> 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
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