Setup sound and modem

Dennis swiftgti at i-cable.com
Wed Jul 9 02:26:33 PDT 2003


Yeah, just like what you said, after I remove "options PNPBIOS" all the
"can't assign resource" messages are gone, and the "unknown ac97 codec"
message still here.
Should I ask C-Media or FreeBSD develop team to make such driver?

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Yucht" <davey at ecst.csuchico.edu>
To: "Dennis" <swiftgti at i-cable.com>
Cc: <freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: Setup sound and modem


> There's a 99% chance you don't need the "options PNPBIOS" - it's mainly
> for old machines like the P200 in my closet with integrated sound. That is
> what typically causes the "unknown: <PNP___> can't assign resources" error
> messages. Try taking it out of the kernel config and giving things another
> go. If you still get the line in dmesg about pcm0 being an unknown ac97
> codec, yes, I'm afraid it may not be fully supported yet.
>
> David Yucht
>
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Dennis wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your help!  I followed the instructions but I found that
there is
> > very poor sound.
> > I played some wave it just comes out with distortion and low volume.
When
> > no sound is played it keeps giving some high frequency noise.  From the
> > instruction, I added "device pcm" and "options PNPBIOS" in kernel and
> > compiled.  After that I also do "sh MAKEDEV snd0" in /dev directory.  Am
I
> > doing something wrong?
> >
> > Please see the dmesg:
> > > grep pcm /var/run/dmesg.boot
> > pcm0: <SiS 7012> port 0xd800-0xd83f,0xdc00-0xdcff irq 11 at device 2.7
on
> > pci0
> > pcm0: <unknown ac97 codec> (id=0x434d4941)
> >
> > Also in dmesg, I also find some strange rows:
> > unknown: <PNP0000> can't assign resources
> > unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources
> > unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources
> > unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources
> > unknown: <PNP0401> can't assign resources
> > unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources
> > unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources
> > Do they related?  Or it does not work with 9738?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Yucht" <davey at ecst.csuchico.edu>
> > To: "Dennis" <swiftgti at i-cable.com>
> > Cc: <freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: Setup sound and modem
> >
> >
> > > If you follow the handbook instructions for sound setup @
> > >
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html
> > > you should do OK. The pcm driver has a knack for supporting all sorts
of
> > > AC'97 devices, even ones unlisted as officially supported. If that
fails,
> > > post the dmesg from boot when the pcm module tries to load.
> > >
> > > As for the modem, good luck. Last I checked that's a pure winmodem, no
> > > hardware, just a codec and a driver. I've seen some reports about
people
> > > getting the HSP56 MR working in linux, but nothing as of yet for
FreeBSD.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > David Yucht
> > >
> > > On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Dennis wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I have just setup FreeBSD 4.8 on my new PC.  But I don't know how to
> > sound
> > > > and modem.  I am using on-board C-Media 9738 sound chips, and
HSP56MR
> > modem
> > > > is a bundled AMR modem with motherboard.
> > > >
> > > > Pls help~~
> > > >
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