Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:04:26 -0500 From: Dev Tugnait <dev@unixdaemon.org> To: Peter Clutton <peterclutton@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97 Message-ID: <1132149866.9234.7.camel@dracula> In-Reply-To: <57416b300511152041y2a68b5dbk21cefa7ba2ad427d@mail.gmail.com> References: <57416b300511152041y2a68b5dbk21cefa7ba2ad427d@mail.gmail.com>
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Do a kldload snd_driver, then test your sound. This loads all the sound drivers...then go from there On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 15:41 +1100, Peter Clutton wrote: > Hi everyone, wondering if anybody could help me out. I'm running > FreeBSD 5.4-release on a Sony Vaio, and just about everything worked > right off the bat. However when starting Gnome, i get a message about > how it can't open the sound device, and sound just isn't working for > me. > > The sound device listed in Sony's specs says ac97-compatible on board > sound. I tried the open source sound drivers with no luck. Has anybody > else been successful getting this sound device up and running? I know > it's quite a common chip (my desktop, m$, uses it aswell). Is there > perhaps just an option I can add to the kernel? That would be a > no-brainer, i just need to know what to add. > > Feel free to ask for more info, I will post exact messages, specs, and > output from any commands that may help you. Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- _____________ < FreeBSD > ------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || || [ We've switched the bath sponge with a tribble. ]
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