Very very weak sound from the speaker

[Rommel Martinez]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Rommel Martinez <ebzzry at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:07 AM, WATANABE Kazuhiro <CQG00620 at nifty.ne.jp> wrote:
>> At Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:39:47 +0800,
>> Rommel Martinez wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:35 PM, WATANABE Kazuhiro
>>> <CQG00620 at nifty.ne.jp> wrote:
>>> > At Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:55:51 +0800,
>>> > Rommel Martinez wrote:
>>> >> pcm0 at pci0:0:30:2:     class=0x040100 card=0x2047161f chip=0x266e8086
>>> >> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> >>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> >>     device     = 'Intel Corporation  82830M/MG SDRAM Controller / Ho
>>> >> AC '97 Audio Controller/ Sigmatel (SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio)'
>>> >>     class      = multimedia
>>> >>     subclass   = audio
>>> >
>>> > OK.  How about this patch?
>>> >
>>> > --- sys/dev/sound/pci/ich.c.releng70    2007-12-15 13:06:52.000000000 +0900
>>> > +++ sys/dev/sound/pci/ich.c     2008-08-01 00:10:04.000000000 +0900
>>> > @@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ ich_pci_attach(device_t dev)
>>> >        switch (subdev) {
>>> >        case 0x202f161f:        /* Gateway 7326GZ */
>>> >        case 0x203a161f:        /* Gateway 4028GZ */
>>> > +       case 0x2047161f:        /* Arima W330-UCX */
>>> >        case 0x204c161f:        /* Kvazar-Micro Senator 3592XT */
>>> >        case 0x8144104d:        /* Sony VAIO PCG-TR* */
>>> >        case 0x8197104d:        /* Sony S1XP */
>>> >
>>> > ---
>>> > WATANABE Kazuhiro (CQG00620 at nifty.ne.jp)
>>> >
>>>
>>> OK. Is there a way to make those changes to my system without having to
>>> rebuild world or I really need to?
>>
>> See the FreeBSD Handbook for details.
>>
>>  Building and Installing a Custom Kernel
>>  http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html
>>
>> Before you run "make buildkernel", you have to apply the patch like this:
>>
>> # cd /usr/src
>> # patch < /path/to/the/patchfile
>>
>> If you don't want to compile a kernel and modules other than snd_ich,
>> try this instead of "make buildkernel":
>>
>> # cd /usr/src/sys/modules/sound/driver/ich
>> # make && make install
>>
>> ---
>> WATANABE Kazuhiro (CQG00620 at nifty.ne.jp)
>>
>
> Ah. Why was I thinking of the whole userland? Anyway, I'm building a
> new kernel now with the patch you gave me. I'll post results asap.
>
>
> --
> Rommel M. Martinez <ebzzry at gmail.com>
>

Great! I have "normal" audio now. Thanks a lot Kazuhiro.
By the way, when I set the volume (mixer vol) to 100, I
would hear a loud, continuous beep, so what I do is I lower
the value to around 90 and the loud beep goes away.
What's causing it? Is the behaviour to be expected?

Thanks a lot. Finally, I can play audio/video without
having to boot to Windows.

-- 
Rommel M. Martinez <ebzzry at gmail.com>