support for Asus P4P8X onboard audio

[Jon Noack]

On 07/14/04 00:02, vladimir at math.uic.edu wrote:
> Does anyone know the state of support for that device?
> The audio device is recognized:
> 
> $ cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <Intel ICH5 (82801EB)> at io 0xfebff800, 0xfebff400 irq 10 bufsz 16384  (1p/1r/4v channels duplex default)
> 
> $ dmesg|grep pcm
> pcm0: <Intel ICH5 (82801EB)> port 0xee80-0xeebf,0xe800-0xe8ff mem 0xfebff400-0xfebff4ff,0xfebff800-0xfebff9ff irq 10 at device 31.5 on pci0
> pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1985 AC97 Codec>
> 
> 
> ... however I cannot hear any sound during playback.   I searched on the net and
> saw a mention of some patches floating around, but could not
> find anything definite.
> 
> I believe users of P4B800 motherboard have the same problem.

I am ignorant on the status of ICH5 sound, but I'll fall back to this 
obvious question (sorry if you're way beyond this point!):
Are you sure the device is not muted?  Use the 'mixer' utility to ensure 
"vol" and "pcm" are not set to 0 (50 is a reasonable value if they are).

Jon