Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:49:43 -0700 From: "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Sound on amd64 Message-ID: <a9f4a3860807081349g56fff8b7y442bc5be0fcc4230@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860807081348w54756f43t517fa1fe4b18081d@mail.gmail.com> References: <a9f4a3860807051902m382106av4f6b17011efbff9d@mail.gmail.com> <20080705224813.4349f701@serene.no-ip.org> <a9f4a3860807060051h2000d392y10c1238dfb58e0f0@mail.gmail.com> <48708196.5040802@next.online.no> <20080706162400.740db254@serene.no-ip.org> <a9f4a3860807061451o49cc3420ga8cb5070fd619f9d@mail.gmail.com> <a9f4a3860807071311p3612ffddnbe03eb9f34f9a93f@mail.gmail.com> <a9f4a3860807071341l66e56a78w494cc62ba49eab85@mail.gmail.com> <20080708202047.GA21361@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <a9f4a3860807081348w54756f43t517fa1fe4b18081d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 01:41:34PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: >> >> First, my apologies - I sent my last missive to Conrad, and not to the >> list. I'm replying to myself with an update. Details below. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:25:58 +0200 >> >> Tore Lund <tl32@next.online.no> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Kurt Buff wrote: >> >>> > On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> >> >>> > wrote: >> >>> >> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:02:09 -0700 >> >>> >> "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> ... >> >>> >> Do you have both the generic sound support (sound) as well as the >> >>> >> specific hardware driver enabled in your kernel config? >> >>> > >> >>> > Sigh. Always something new to learn. >> >>> >> >>> Just wondering, why do people modify the kernel when kernel loadable >> >>> modules can handle the sound card? Is it necessary on some types of >> >>> hardware? >> >> >> >> Well, probably the main reason most people do it is to strip away any >> >> unneeded functionality. The GENERIC kernel contains a whole slew of >> >> drivers and options that most people don't need, but are intended to >> >> support a wide range of hardware configurations "out of the box". You >> >> can greatly reduce the kernel's size by only including the features you >> >> really need. >> > >> > I tried a new kernel, but that didn't work, for whatever reason, but >> > editing loader.conf did, sort of. I tried adding >> > >> > sound_load="YES" >> > snd_hda_load="YES" >> > hint.pcm.0.config="gpio0 gpio1 gpio2 gpio3 gpio4 gpio5 gpio6 gpio7" >> > >> > but while the cd player now works, I'm not getting output from the >> > built-in speakers - it just sounds like it's coming from a long way >> > away - I can barely make it out. I suppose that means it's coming from >> > the headphone setup, but I'm not sure of that. >> > >> > I've been googling, but haven't figured this out yet. >> > >> > Kurt >> >> More careful reading shows that the hint line goes in >> /boot/device.hints, but placing it there does not improve the >> situation, though the sound does seem to be emitting from the >> speakers. It's just that it's very soft, and I can't get it any >> louder, though using the slider control in gnome will silence it. >> >> This is a recent Thinkpad T61, and grepping dmesg reveals that the >> sound system is detected as an Intel 82801H, and the codec used seems >> to be the Analog Devices AD1984. >> >> I'm running 7-STABLE, updated on Saturday. >> >> Thoughts on how to improve this would be much appreciated. >> Kurt > > Have you had a play with mixer(8)? > > E.g: > > $ mixer vol > Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 > $ mixer vol 70:70 > Setting the mixer vol from 75:75 to 70:70. > > Obviously, you'd want to raise the volume rather than reduce it like I > just did. > > Regards, > > -- > > Frank Well, whaddya know? :) vol was set to 75:75, pcm to 75:75 and speaker to 81:81. Cranked it up to 100 across the board, and I'm now rockin'! ZZTop's greatest hits are now playing just fine... Thanks! Now, on to the touchpad/trackstick - but I'll research it first before asking questions... Kurt
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