7.2 = no sound

[cpghost]

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 11:50:27AM +0100, Lars Hecking wrote:
>  I upgraded my system to 7.2 with cvsup, and sound has stopped working. I'm
>  running gnome, and both

(...)

>  Sound module loaded: yes
> 
> # kldstat |grep snd
>  4    1 0xc09d6000 1abf8    snd_hda.ko
> 
> # cat /dev/sndstat 
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <HDA Sigmatel STAC9205X PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:3v/1r:1v channels duplex default)
> pcm1: <HDA Sigmatel STAC9205X PCM #1 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld snd_hda [MPSAFE] (0p:0v/1r:1v channels)
> 
>  dmesg:
> 
> pcm0: <HDA Sigmatel STAC9205X PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0
> pcm1: <HDA Sigmatel STAC9205X PCM #1 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0

Have you tried to set hw.snd.default_unit to the right port?

>From snd_hda(4):

 The default audio device may be tuned by setting the hw.snd.default_unit
 sysctl, as described in sound(4), or explicitly specified in application
 settings.

That's the most common cause for sound problems after the snd_hda
upgrade.

-cpghost.

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