No sound with Thinkpad X60

Bernt Hansson bah at bananmonarki.se
Fri Mar 22 14:26:01 UTC 2013


2013-03-22 12:31, Jerry skrev:
> On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:28:57 +0100
> Bernt Hansson articulated:
>
>> 2013-03-22 00:42, Peter Harrison skrev:
>>
>> Put this in your /boot/loader.conf and report back.
>>
>> hw.snd.default_unit="0"
>>
>> Test with other nubers if 0 do not work.
>
> Using an nVidia card, I had to do the following:
>
> /etc/sysctl.conf
>    hw.snd.default_unit=4
>
> Rebooted and the sound worked. I never found any truly accurate
> information on it, it was basically just a trail and error experiment.
> And YES, it sucks that in all to many cases, sound doesn't "just work".
>

If it "just work" there is no fun. Tinkering and using a braincell, or 
at the most two is much more rewarding.


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