Sound driver weirdness

[Ariff Abdullah]

Urhh.. sorry. Few parts of my post seems gone..

On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:53:48 -0700 (MST)
"M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
> In message: <20051104161811.4ca68aac.skywizard at MyBSD.org.my>
>             Ariff Abdullah <skywizard at MyBSD.org.my> writes:
> : On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:08:42 -0700 (MST)
> : "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
> : > I recently upgraded my only sony 505TS.
> : >From .. to .. ?
> : 
Upgraded from what (FreeBSD?) version to what (I guess it is
-CURRENT)?

> : > Sound stopped working. 
> : > xmms gives an error that the operation isn't supported by my
> device. : >  I
> : > wonder what this means?  From looking at the open to /dev/dsp,
> it : > appears that the channel reset isn't succeeding.
What makes you think channel reset isn't succeeding? Any other error
or diagnostic messages from syslog/console?

> : > 
[...]
> : what is the output of sysctl hw.snd ?
> 
> % cat /dev/sndstat 
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <ESS 1879 DSP> at io 0x220 irq 5 drq 1:5 bufsz 4096 kld
> snd_ess (1p/1r/0v channels default) % sysctl hw.snd
> hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1
> hw.snd.targetirqrate: 32
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_buffersize: 8192
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_scaling: 5
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_ratemax: 1102500
> hw.snd.feeder_rate_ratemin: 4000
> hw.snd.verbose: 1
> hw.snd.maxautovchans: 0
> hw.snd.unit: 0
> hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize: 4096
> hw.snd.pcm0.vchans: 0
> %
>
Perhaps /dev/dsp has been acquired by something else (since your
vchans disabled). fstat | grep dsp. How about enabling vchans?



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