No Sound FBSD 8.1

[Frank Shute]

On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 07:31:32PM -0000, Scott Ballantyne wrote:
>
> 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

Scott, glad you've got some sound.

I think you just need the snd_hda(4) driver, so you want:

snd_hda_load="YES"

in /boot/loader.conf

As for getting sound out of your speakers, if they're amplified
speakers, you can just plug them into the headphone socket on the
front of your PC which is the default output. Or you can muck around
with configuring the snd_hda driver (details in the manpage).

I chickened out and did the former as to be quite honest, the manpage
and deciphering it are above my paygrade ;)


Regards,

-- 

 Frank

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