amd64/148488: Headphone won't work on NVidia MCP78 High Definition Audio Controller

[Stéphane Thibaud]

The following reply was made to PR amd64/148488; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?St=E9phane_Thibaud?= <snthibaud at gmail.com>
To: Alexander Motin <mav at freebsd.org>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: amd64/148488: Headphone won't work on NVidia MCP78 High Definition Audio Controller
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:38:43 +0200

 Le lundi 12 juillet 2010 18:02:37, Alexander Motin a =E9crit :
 > St=E9phane Thibaud wrote:
 > > Le lundi 12 juillet 2010 07:53:36, Alexander Motin a =E9crit :
 > >> Difficult to say for sure without seeing verbose dmesg, but may be that
 > >> headphones and microphone input just configured as separate device pcm=
 1.
 > >> You may try to set sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=3D1 to use that device by
 > >> default. In any way make sure to read snd_hda man page and analyze
 > >> driver's verbose output.
 > >=20
 > > Thanks for your quick response. To be honest I uninstalled PC-BSD alrea=
 dy
 > > (in favor of kubuntu), since I had to have an OS for some basic tasks
 > > but I'll get back to BSD as soon as 8.1 is released (since you said my
 > > SATA would then be supported in amd64/148489). When the two things I
 > > posted actually work in FreeBSD, then the hardware support for my laptop
 > > is practically perfect (and PC-BSD seems so much more stable than
 > > kubuntu, not to mention the terrific BSD license!). Can these sound
 > > tweaks be tested with the live-boot-thing of PC-BSD or is a reboot
 > > needed?
 >=20
 > Default sound device can be set on-the-fly via sysctl.
 
 Wow, that worked! Terrific!
 
 
 Best rergards,
 
 St=E9phane