FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE / 6.0 audio drivers for Intel 82801FB/FR/FW/FRW Intel High Deficition Audio Controller

Andrew P. infofarmer at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 02:27:20 PDT 2005


On 10/11/05, Miles Keaton <mileskeaton at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi fellow FreeBSD'ers -
>
> Looking for audio drivers for Intel 82801FB/FR/FW/FRW Intel High
> Deficition Audio Controller.
>
> I got a lovely laptop this weekend : the Asus Z71v
> http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=5&l2=70&l3=0&model=609&modelmenu=1
>
> Assured by the Linux geek at the store that everything worked great in
> Linux, I was disappointed to find I can't get the audio working in
> FreeBSD.  (Works in WinXP.)
>
> He said it's a "Via Vinyl" audio card, but doing a `pciconf -lv` says
> it's an "Intel 82801FB/FR/FW/FRW Intel High Deficition Audio
> Controller".  (Full dump below)
>
> This fellow says it's working (in FreeBSD 6.0):
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2005-August/014481.html
>
> MY QUESTION:
> Anyone know if it's working in 5.4-CURRENT or something?  Doesn't seem
> to recognize in 5.4-STABLE.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> I miss my music.   :-(
>

1. Try upgrading to RELENG_6
2. If you don't want to or the upgrade doesn't help, try
this one: http://opensound.com/


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