Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:23:27 +0100 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@service2media.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Richard L. Mace" <macerl@telkomsa.net> Subject: Re: snd_hda peculiarities Message-ID: <200912301723.27938.pieter@service2media.com> In-Reply-To: <200912301645.50105.macerl@telkomsa.net> References: <200912301645.50105.macerl@telkomsa.net>
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On Wednesday 30 December 2009 15:45:50 Richard L. Mace wrote: > I recently installed FreeBSD 8.0 (amd64) on my laptop (HP 8510w) and most > things are working. However, a minor annoyance is that I only get sound if > I manually load snd_hda via: > > # kldload snd_hda > > i.e., after booting. If I place the following in /boot/loader.conf > > snd_hda_load="YES" > > I get no sound, even though the driver seems to load and cat /dev/sndstat > gives Try setting hw.snd.default_unit=1 in sysctl.conf. Most likely the order of the devices has changed. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------- FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: > 64bit 2009061500/amd64) > Installed devices: > pcm0: <HDA Analog Devices AD1981HD PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 > kld snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default) > pcm1: <HDA Analog Devices AD1981HD PCM #1 Digital> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 > kld snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/0r:0v channels simplex) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------- This looks like the output from the working configuration. Note that the first device is the analog output, the second is a digital output. When you load snd_hda using loader.conf, the order is likely different on your machine and the digital output is listed first. hw.snd.default_unit=1 would then direct the sound to the proper (analog) output. - Pieter
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