Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:26:14 +0000 From: Peter Harrison <four.harrisons@googlemail.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: No sound with Thinkpad X60 Message-ID: <20130323162614.GB2173@thinkpad.piggybox> In-Reply-To: <444ng3qtw2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <20130314225908.GA2157@thinkpad.piggybox> <op.wtz02ybcg7njmm@michael-think> <20130315232827.GA2189@thinkpad.piggybox> <op.wt0ga4rxg7njmm@michael-think> <20130321234229.GA2205@thinkpad.piggybox> <514BEC19.2060802@bananmonarki.se> <20130322073106.10ab6e89@scorpio> <444ng3qtw2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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Friday, 22 March 2013 at 12:30:37 -0400, Lowell Gilbert said: > Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> writes: > > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:28:57 +0100 > > Bernt Hansson articulated: > > > >> 2013-03-22 00:42, Peter Harrison skrev: > >> > >> Put this in your /boot/loader.conf and report back. > >> > >> hw.snd.default_unit="0" > >> > >> Test with other nubers if 0 do not work. > > > > Using an nVidia card, I had to do the following: > > > > /etc/sysctl.conf > > hw.snd.default_unit=4 > > > > Rebooted and the sound worked. I never found any truly accurate > > information on it, it was basically just a trail and error experiment. > > And YES, it sucks that in all to many cases, sound doesn't "just work". > > You don't actually need to reboot for each trial. Running sysctl(8) from > the command line will do. And /dev/sndstat would probably tell you the > right value to try. These things are covered in the Handbook.. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Indeed. I've been faffing around with various sysctl settings from the command line without rebooting. As I mentioned in a slightly earlier email though, it's working now - although I can't figure out why, it is. Thanks for your help. Peter Harrison.
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