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Subject: Re: problem with sound volume on pcbsd using snd_hda
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Igor Ralets wrote:
> After installation of PCBSD-7.0.1 on amd64 box sound card didn't work.
> Hardware compatibility list suggested snd_hda driver for ATI SB600 card
> bundled with Asus M2A-MX mobo. Loading it with kldload helped with getting
> sound, but volume was very low and couldn't be adjusted by any means.
> Neither mixer(8) nor different players could do the trick.

ATI SB600 - is a HDA bus controller. It's support is important to make 
sound work, but audio codec support is no less important. It is codec 
who actually manages all sound stuff. You can see it in "<HDA Codec: 
Realtek (Unknown)>".

You may want to try latest snd_hda driver from -CURRENT. It is source 
code compatible. Codecs support is much improved there.

-- 
Alexander Motin