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Subject: Re: freebsd not finding soundcard
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On 2017-05-07 20:08, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
> All:
>
> I'm having a bit of trouble with FreeBSD sound.
>
> When I kldload snd_driver, the only thing that I see is my video card in
> /dev/sndstat.
>
> Sometimes my soundcard will work and it's snd_hda (which is apparently
> built into the kernel), but it's not actually working now. Any ideas
> what might be causing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
Check you mixer settings. Check where the output goes, front/rear
digital/analog ouputs.

Step thru sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=?

My machine has 4 outputs (0-3)