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Date:      Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:07:51 -0500
From:      Austin Shaw Hall <ash@vectorstar.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: No sound on FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE on Compaq Presario 700
Message-ID:  <20020218200751.A76859@darkstar.bellsouth.net>
In-Reply-To: <3C6EB96C.5F267F4@ag0ny.com>; from ag0ny@ag0ny.com on Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 04:56:28AM %2B0900
References:  <3C6EB96C.5F267F4@ag0ny.com>

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On Sunday 17 February Javi Lavandeira wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a Compaq Presario 700 (actually, a 703JP), running FreeBSD
> 4.4-RELEASE. I built the kernel with "device pcm", and the sound card is
> detected when the system boots:
> 
> pcm0: <VIA VT82C686A> port 0x1850-0x1853,0x1854-0x1857,0x1000-0x10ff irq
> 5 at device 7.5 on pci0
> 
> /dev/sndstat shows this:
> 
> cosmos:~# cat /dev/sndstat 
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Feb 16 2002 11:50:00
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <VIA VT82C686A> at io 0x1000 irq 5 (1p/1r/0v channels duplex)
> 
> And I set the mixer to the following values:
> 
> cosmos:~# mixer
> Mixer vol      is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer pcm      is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer speaker  is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer line     is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer mic      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer cd       is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer rec      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer line1    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer phin     is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer phout    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer video    is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer monitor  is currently set to 100:100
> 
> My problem is that I cannot hear any sound. I run xmms on an MP3 file,
> and the spectrum analyzer starts moving, but no sound gets out of the
> speakers. Not even when I use cdcontrol to play audio CDs. Sound works
> correctly on Windows XP in another partition on the same machine.
> 
> Any ideas on what could be the problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> -- 
> Javi Lavandeira (ag0ny@ag0ny.com) - http://www.ag0ny.com

I don't know the solution to your problem, but just so you know,
there's hope ;). I have the VT82C686A chip too, and I am listening to
an mp3 right now. My only complaint is that audio breaks up over the
slightest disk or CPU usage...

Austin
-- 
Excellent day to have a rotten day.

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