From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 18:00:43 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 9396F16A46B for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:00:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saivinob@yahoo.com) Received: from web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [216.252.121.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B2C513C45D for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:00:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saivinob@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 2102 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Oct 2007 18:00:43 -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=1Ih6pb79HQ6plPjp+owcAkJymvABbCtWxZtsRzhgTZuuLoEG/O3iEc4LYma7lHCT31hcKBgWAPhMLFctKMtC5+7L9rV4d9Zh8wIN2cMm5TjcpL/o1IrohcRXXCasiWEG4ZGHzCah/D3OkUaShw8fEQtcQZHRqOc4xYkm06uffm4=; X-YMail-OSG: yhNw5AsVM1mJ2IjCdwpJifygUUiMzo_YDfDMW9AvNfZMxBXaenGtb2vCjMGI3DNCtBMy_CPL79LPmh1b.woSfoAdGZGJV84DA1DXzuQpTLjl8ajxfdueYoRP88zHDA-- Received: from [121.247.200.57] by web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:00:42 BST Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:00:42 +0100 (BST) From: Sai Vinob To: "Alain G. Fabry" In-Reply-To: <20071002123504.GA98179@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <188022.23282.qm@web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd questions , Dominique Goncalves Subject: Problem Solved:- 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 18:00:43 -0000 --- "Alain G. Fabry" wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 12:36:37PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > That chipset is not a VT8233A. It is a Via VT8237A. > > The snd_hda(4) driver should work for that chip. > > 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, > > > > (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)) > > > > I'm running driver snd_hda in 6.2 and works great thanks to somebody > on the list. He gave me > the following info > > Download the precompiled kernel module from here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/lowlatency/ > > Decompress the archive, copy sound.ko and snd_hda.ko to /boot/kernel > (you may as well copy all the .ko files, but these two are the ones > needed) > then do (as root) a kldload snd_hda ( and add snd_hda_load="YES" to > /boot/loader.conf so it loads with each reboot). > > > Hope this helps. > > > _Alain > It indeed helped Alain. Thanks a lot. First I recompiled my kernel as I had compiled it to load snd_via8233(Was that necessary?). I then copied sound.ko and snd_hda.ko to /boot/kernel and edited /boot/loader.conf to load snd_hda at boot-time. cat /dev/sndstat now shows, FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2007100200/i386) Installed devices: pcm0: at memory 0xfbefc000 irq 17 kld snd_hda [20070930_0048] [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default) The problem has been solved. Thanks again Alain. Thanks to Erik for pointing me to a silly but major mistake- the chipset being VT8237A and not VT8233A. Thanks also for landing me at Ch.23. But I guess I need sometime to digest the information given there. Thanks also to Dominique for interest shown in solving my problem. Hope the solution benifits him too. --Sai Vinob Bring your gang together - do your thing. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups