From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 12 08:35:09 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 C4817106566C for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:35:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 102118FC0C for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:35:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB074E8371; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:35:07 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=RFalQn2EJ6Fc BIX02PGe6SBubUY=; b=j9yFIyO2mb3soY2xW15ta+ZLkRaQlL+KP5y2Ngu06Ijn mOZjUOh/SG35TE8bwFr5gQw7DXZ3RuahokfJ98ydNRvHUEgkD5AJ3koNEBDPoZEB vZLMom9KX/D1iqH9EQsdLAzWnENvtZUUhOpdCqipdD3K47w2XFtnJmP+AbddE24= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=Tr8Bp2 MW0qhauKieIRzVU50VgIzV7ahTIiPQe1XfOWVRM4fjsoaYf7WvQAcSw6UMDy74j1 onuvpdheE+4vULhlDfihKXcsC1v79ISNRh0gncw0RPTokdFOXbH2t5Y71oZcZOr9 hCTm58quvpspskbsc3tOoaJEHKBcMkK3yAILU= Received: from unknown (client-86-31-236-253.oxfd.adsl.virginmedia.com [86.31.236.253]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8F405E603D; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:35:07 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:34:42 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Brian Waters Message-ID: <20110312083442.0000143c@unknown> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8cvs9 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:35:09 -0000 On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:29:44 -0500 Brian Waters wrote: > 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. If the driver appears to load, then /dev/dsp should be created automatically when something tries to access it (e.g. cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp). -- Bruce Cran