sound problems

[Lowell Gilbert]

Kyle Lafkoff <kyle.lafkoff at gmail.com> writes:

> loaded sound / snd_ess
> 
> dmesg shows:
> 
> pcm0: <ESS Technology Maestro-2E> port 0xd800-0xd8ff irq 5 at device 8.0 on pci0
> pcm0: cannot allocate DMA memory
> device_attach: pcm0 attach returned 6
> pcm0: <ESS Technology Maestro-2E> port 0xd800-0xd8ff irq 5 at device 8.0 on pci0
> pcm0: cannot allocate DMA memory
> 
> ???

Looks like snd_ess isn't the right driver.

Try the recommendation from the handbook:  load snd_driver
(which loads *all* of the drivers) and see which one it 
uses (and whether it works).