Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:06:49 -0700 From: Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Resetting the sound system Message-ID: <AANLkTimtxvROAD3xR8M4QJ4gAo3jV3UOc7Mu2KON6tRU@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CC9A8C9.1010200@yahoo.fr> References: <4CC9A8C9.1010200@yahoo.fr>
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2010/10/28 Micha=EBl Gr=FCnewald <michaelgrunewald@yahoo.fr> > Dear list, > > the audio software I use sometimes seems to handle unappropriately its > input and leave the sound system in a strange state. When this happens, = the > lowest frequencies of the played sound are very attenuated and what is st= ill > audible sounds unpleasantly metallic. Rebooting the machine immediately > brings up the sound system in shape again, but it would be nice if they w= ere > a more sensible way to reset it! > > Here are the relevant lines of `dmesg`: > > pcm0: <VIA VT8237> port 0xe100-0xe1ff irq 22 at device 17.5 on pci0 > pcm0: [ITHREAD] > pcm0: <VIA Technologies VIA1617A AC97 Codec> > pcm0: <VIA DXS Enabled: DXS 4 / SGD 1 / REC 1> > > Best regards, > Michael Not sure if there's an easier way, but if you've got the audio driver kldloaded then just unload and reload it. If it's compiled in your kernel then I don't know. kldunload snd_via8233 kldload snd_via8233 Mark
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