No Sound FBSD 8.1

[Scott Ballantyne]

Hi Tim,

You write:
> I finally kldload(ed) snd_* and went through the list of the loaded 
> modules until I eliminated useless loaded modules and found the one that 
> actually let the sound files play.  It was a pain in the butt, but it 
> worked.
> 
> What does kldstat say for your .ko loaded sound files?
> 

The problem was partly solved by Frank's suggestion to set the default
device to 1, although I don't know why. Now I get sound through the
earphones, but not the speakers.

kldstat gives a huge list:

10    1 0xffffffff812cd000 8c2      snd_driver.ko
11    1 0xffffffff812ce000 2242     snd_vibes.ko
12   34 0xffffffff812d1000 39590    sound.ko
13    1 0xffffffff8130b000 18c6     snd_via82c686.ko
14    1 0xffffffff8130d000 3842     snd_via8233.ko
15    1 0xffffffff81311000 2342     snd_t4dwave.ko
16    3 0xffffffff81314000 b42      snd_spicds.ko
17    1 0xffffffff81315000 263e     snd_solo.ko
18    4 0xffffffff81318000 1946     snd_sbc.ko
19    1 0xffffffff8131a000 17be     snd_sb8.ko
20    1 0xffffffff8131c000 1cbe     snd_sb16.ko
21    1 0xffffffff8131e000 e3c2     snd_neomagic.ko
22    2 0xffffffff8132d000 6d6c     snd_mss.ko
23    1 0xffffffff81334000 6ec2     snd_maestro3.ko
24    1 0xffffffff8133b000 48ca     snd_maestro.ko
25    1 0xffffffff81340000 2d3e     snd_ich.ko
26    1 0xffffffff81343000 141c6    snd_hda.ko
27    1 0xffffffff81358000 1742     snd_fm801.ko
28    1 0xffffffff8135a000 21c6     snd_ess.ko
29    1 0xffffffff8135d000 4d42     snd_es137x.ko
30    1 0xffffffff81362000 43c2     snd_envy24ht.ko
31    1 0xffffffff81367000 48c2     snd_envy24.ko
32    1 0xffffffff8136c000 d39e     snd_emu10kx.ko
33    1 0xffffffff8137a000 8bbe     snd_ds1.ko
34    2 0xffffffff81383000 436c     snd_csa.ko
35    1 0xffffffff81388000 22c2     snd_cs4281.ko
36    1 0xffffffff8138b000 203e     snd_cmi.ko
37    1 0xffffffff8138e000 2dc2     snd_atiixp.ko
38    1 0xffffffff81391000 1ec2     snd_als4000.ko
39    1 0xffffffff81393000 1a42     snd_ad1816.ko

Thanks so much.

Scott
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