From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 14:45:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83D5F16A419 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:45:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saivinob@yahoo.com) Received: from web43131.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (web43131.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [216.252.121.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 449B013C468 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:45:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saivinob@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 2128 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Oct 2007 14:45:11 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=DIFhlts6jKTwjOd41+6QHjAO7xs3LYSzOxjnXF/2co7CF0WoEujNEl66uxV8BlCf/PvyX3HEx99hRf6v0fzBIEmY0jl2yZ6hKzDUSlMA1yFd4aAnSr4zzeICu8fXOLnRml2KSdVDNxT/NxAqIzBISaQUX5HCN9eflRVNeu+VJj8=; X-YMail-OSG: HCKMoLEVM1mBSJhS4RLlIbdgtZKAAwkqSB7Y.NYqxdUL8hWX8F5SrgOlyyg3kUlVxbiAM6BgBd6kn95ndiSfrTWk3lg1ffAD2IZVcco3Go6zvBFZiWOBqHc5IuUeRA-- Received: from [121.246.11.122] by web43131.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:45:10 BST Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:45:10 +0100 (BST) From: Sai Vinob To: Erik Trulsson In-Reply-To: <20071002103637.GA32788@owl.midgard.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <1346.96169.qm@web43131.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: Long msg: Unable to enable audio in FreeBSD 6.2 - Chipset VT8233A X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:45:11 -0000 --- Erik Trulsson wrote: > That chipset is not a VT8233A. It is a Via VT8237A. > The snd_hda(4) driver should work for that chip. Oops... You are right! I counter-checked with Asus site-the chipset is not VT8233A but VT8237A. > (In case someone wonders: No, the VT8237 and the VT8237A are > not the same chip. The most obvious is which audio driver is needed > (snd_via8233 > vs snd_hda)) Probably that's why 'kldload snd_via8233' was not working. But then loading generic 'kldload sound' should have worked right? > I don't think that driver was included in 6.2-RELEASE, so you might > have > to upgrade to the latest -STABLE if you have not already done so, Now, you need to help me with 'how to' here. I dont know how to do this job. Only two days back I did 'cvsup'. Is that what you are talking about? If not kindly guide me. --Sai Vinob Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php