Friday, 22 March 2013 at 12:30:37 -0400, Lowell Gilbert said: > Jerry <je...@seibercom.net> writes: > > > 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". > > You don't actually need to reboot for each trial. Running sysctl(8) from > the command line will do. And /dev/sndstat would probably tell you the > right value to try. These things are covered in the Handbook.. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Indeed. I've been faffing around with various sysctl settings from the command line without rebooting. As I mentioned in a slightly earlier email though, it's working now - although I can't figure out why, it is. Thanks for your help. Peter Harrison. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
