From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 24 23:35:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02D3F16A41F for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:35:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C54643D45 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:35:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (83.253.29.241) by pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.069.1) id 43D4929800094E12 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:35:55 +0100 Received: (qmail 43372 invoked by uid 1001); 25 Jan 2006 00:35:55 +0100 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:35:55 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Andreas Davour Message-ID: <20060124233555.GA43138@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Andreas Davour , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <43D2ABB8.7080908@mkproductions.org> <20060122004419.GA34334@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound driver for Compaq Presario? 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, 24 Jan 2006 23:35:58 -0000 On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 11:44:56PM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > >>The computer behaves as if there is no card there! If I didn't remember > >>hearing the Windows XP jolly sound when starting the computer I would be > >>tempted to think it broken. > >> > >>The only remaining information I have is that pciconf tells me there is > >>a device multimedia/sound from "ATI Technologies" as device 20.5 in its > >>output. :( > > > >What is the *complete* output of 'pciconf -lv' ? Not just the lines you > >think are relevant, but all of them. > > Attached at the end. > > >>Maybe FreeBSD just lacks support for the built in devices on this > >>laptop. I would hate to have to tell my wife that she has to use Windows > >>XP after all... > > > >That is of course a possibility. Another possibility is that you just need > >to try a newer version of FreeBSD. > >I think support for audio on some ATI chipsets were added to RELENG_6 just > >a > >few weeks ago (and is thus not in any -RELEASE yet.) > > > >If you have the 'snd_atiixp' driver on your system I would try it. > > Considering what kind of memory for detail you have in these cases, I > bet that you remember correct Not only do I have a fairly good memory -- I also know how to check the CVS logs to make sure I get the details correct. :-) > and considering the name "snd_atiixp" it > wouldn't surprise me if that can solve the problem. Time to leave > FreeBSD 5.x aparantly. It is all too often the case that if one wants support for the latest hardware, one has to run the latest version of an OS. Luckily for you, the transition from 5.x to 6.x is fairly painless. > > /andreas > > pciconf -lv output: [...] > none2@pci0:20:5: class=0x040100 card=0x3091103c chip=0x43701002 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc.' > class = multimedia > subclass = audio Checking the source code this chip does seem to be one of those supported by the snd_atiixp driver in -CURRENT and 6-STABLE. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se