mutlimedia : snd_hda/driver ; No Sound, not loading properly ; Asus P5B

[Rick Nekus]

   Hi Ariff,

   Thanks for the quick response, and advise, -yup u're likely right
   regarding vendor bios issues, ... come to think of it now (damn
   hindsight :),

   -disable on-board audio in Bios, and install slightly older
   Soundblaster compatible (or Audigy 1, or 2 ) ? -i think this should
   work for present purposes too.

   -I want to stay with FBSD 6.2 Stable , or 7-Current...,do you
   recommend a good sort-off off the shelf pci-soundcard(s) ? (stereo,...
   is fine) - sorry about this off-topic question, and thanks again.
   regards,

   Rick.
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     From:  Ariff Abdullah <ariff at FreeBSD.org>
     To:  "Rick Nekus" <solarux at hotmail.com>
     CC:  freebsd-multimedia at freebsd.org
     Subject:  Re: mutlimedia : snd_hda/driver ; No Sound, not loading
     properly ; Asus P5B
     Date:  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:59:33 +0800
     >On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:22:52 +0000
     >"Rick Nekus" <solarux at hotmail.com> wrote:
     >[...]
     > >
     > >    # uname -a
     > >    FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE-200704 i386
     > >    -(theres no X, kde,... yet)
     > >    # dmesg | grep -i ^pcm
     > >    pcm0: <Intel 82801H High Definition Audio Controller> mem
     > >    0xfebfc000-0xfebfffff irq 22 at device 27.0 on pci0
     > >    pcm0: TCSEL: 0x00 -> 0x00
     > >    pcm0: DMA Coherency: Uncacheable / vendor=0x8086
     > >    pcm0: hdac_mem_alloc: Unable to allocate memory resource
     > >
     >
     >No idea, due to lack of hardware. This probably not entirely the
     fault
     >of sound driver.
     >
     >1) Try disabling acpi or apic, or both.
     >2) Try using driver from http://www.opensound.com/ , and tell us
     the
     >    result
     >
     >The worst thing you can do is try installing FreeBSD 5.x i386
     (yes,
     >HP nx6325 + SB450, listen up!) and get 5.x modules from
     >
     >http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/lowlatency/sndkld_releng5_i386_lo
     wlatency.tar.gz
     >
     >There _is_ a reason why I keep updating the modules even for 5.x.
     >Several nx6325 users (probably others too) reported that using 5.x
     +
     >disabling acpi seems the only way to make the sound device works.
     It
     >is the fault of super broken vendor BIOS. Much lol ensued.
     >
     >Perhaps this ASUS P5B has simmilar issues too.
     >
     >
     >--
     >Ariff Abdullah
     >FreeBSD
     >
     >... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced
     >     and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........

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