From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 21:01:10 2011 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 10274106566C for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:01:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brianmwaters@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C5B8FC13 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so1250688gwb.13 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:01:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=UmcUSRPQRNsxxu/wwUqtwJfAHywg17hYU184Hm+CJz4=; b=ithQgs9y/ws3rqt8Znpopr7kj45srIJjyrn0ONREJHNp46NAFEsZsdC9w4Dx0D6AGb CEjp2e7sov9QUdvC6g+Wdeb6rH/+kxAi2OMK+8k6lNwJU+z58j4MOKZvZ+s1wiliyjgY AF1L4jU8d1JuZzJjqnBClDd5aLdDZw2ShRAbw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=StN1CZbEbB4w5LGHdMgMeiBypkLPAGquM7eOv/8/LKNedJ7UaXfdgCEbKLShJ584uz chZ/myBlU8p4xXvcT3JLyRLwiHwROr+yvomGCQITsfwNb0bbaGWnBpkPl6EdqiknQpaO /VeRkVBbAgAJMbMe1pZmpqMhY8fyUtVQOIc8c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.147.30.23 with SMTP id h23mr12075346yaj.23.1299875384572; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:29:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.147.167.13 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:29:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:29:44 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brian Waters To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda) 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: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:01:10 -0000 It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. What I'm wondering is: what exactly is the meaning of X and Y above? I'm assuming that X comes from the "association numbers" in the snd_hda driver, but I could be wrong. Please correct me! Thanks, Brian Waters