No Sound FBSD 8.1

[Warren Block]

On Sat, 9 Oct 2010, 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.

Look at your /dev/sndstat again, you have multiple audio devices.  One 
of them is the HDMI output on the video card.  Setting 
hw.snd.default_unit just selects the default unit to use for playing 
audio.  Try the various units until you find the right one.