FBSD 10.2, KDE 4.14.3, no microphone

[Bernt Hansson]

On 2016-01-18 01:18, fbsd wrote:
> Hi  -
>
> On FBSD 10.2, with KDE 4.14.3, I enter system settings > Hardware > 
> Multimedia > Audio and Video settings.
>
> Under Audio Playback I find one device "oss" and audio playback works 
> just fine.
> Under Audio Recording - I see a blank screen. No devices listed. And, 
> obviously, microphones don't work at all.
>
> From pciconv -lv:
>
> hdac0 at pci0:0:27:0:      class=0x040300 card=0x04f51028 chip=0x1c208086 
> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition 
> Audio Controller'
>     class      = multimedia
>     subclass   = HDA
>
> From /boot/loader.conf:
>
> snd_hda_load="YES"
>
>
> Clearly I'm missing something, but I've no idea what.
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks for the help (past and present).
> Gene
You can try sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=0-to any number.

To get my mic working sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=1

ls /dev/mix*
/dev/mixer0     /dev/mixer1     /dev/mixer2     /dev/mixer3

Choose wisely.