From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 15:13:06 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 1E77216A419 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:13:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA18A13C48A for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:13:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l92FD4j3032503; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:13:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id EjegB5JSPkK1; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:12:59 -0500 (CDT) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (dsl.daleco.biz [209.125.108.70]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l92FCtWS032479; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:12:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <47025FF1.5010803@daleco.biz> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:12:49 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070418 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sai Vinob References: <1346.96169.qm@web43131.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1346.96169.qm@web43131.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 15:13:06 -0000 Sai Vinob wrote: > --- 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. Yes, more or less, that's what he means. You should have: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 in your supfile. The remaining steps are well-documented, also. For a complete overview, see Chapter 23 of the online handbook at www.freebsd.org/handbook. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- If it happens once, it's a bug. If it happens twice, it's a feature. If it happens more than twice, it's a design philosophy.