Re: Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97
On 11/17/05, Dev Tugnait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do a kldload snd_driver, then test your sound. This loads all the sound drivers...then go from there Ok i have done a kldload snd_driver and it recognises it perfectly. Got Ac97 and ID and memory info etc on the dmesg line. However nothing actually comes out of the speaker. I am using gnome. It asked me to run esd which i did, and esd program didn't return my prompt. I left it, and even after a reboot it was avaliable in my Multimedia Selector which also lets you run a test on output. I got no sound from speakers, or from connecting to external speaker/headphones. Also tested CD's, which I could see the program were playing but nothing coming out. However when I open Volume Control it is set to OSS - Null and not esd. Could this be causing a problem? I did play around with OSS at one stage trying to get it work. Is there any other way to test the device? By the was, the speakers themselves are turned up, as well as the Volume control in gnome. It seems strange as the driver recognises the sound device perfectly (i added snd_driver_load=YES to /boot/loader.conf and that works too) but yet there is no sound. Any ideas?? Thanks very much for the help so far. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97
IIRC, the recommended step to do is do: kldload snd_driver and then do: cat /dev/sndstat to get the correct driver (in my case it is snd_ich). After that you put the driver into loder.conf (in my case: snd_ich_load=YES). Hope it helps. Regards, OJ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97
On 11/17/05, Owen Jeremiah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIRC, the recommended step to do is do: kldload snd_driver and then do: cat /dev/sndstat to get the correct driver (in my case it is snd_ich). After that you put the driver into loder.conf (in my case: snd_ich_load=YES). Thanks but i have done that, and the driver seems to be working fine. The problem is that nothing is coming out of the speakers. I have a feeling that it has something to do with the Volume Control applet in gnome pointing to OSS Null and giving me no other option (eg esd). Only other thing could be these on touch sound buttons on the laptop, for mute and outside sound (by default), but they are really soft keys, so they couldn't really have turned off the sound, and now be not responding (which was one of my early theories. Any help would be appreciated, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97
Do a kldload snd_driver, then test your sound. This loads all the sound drivers...then go from there On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 15:41 +1100, Peter Clutton wrote: Hi everyone, wondering if anybody could help me out. I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-release on a Sony Vaio, and just about everything worked right off the bat. However when starting Gnome, i get a message about how it can't open the sound device, and sound just isn't working for me. The sound device listed in Sony's specs says ac97-compatible on board sound. I tried the open source sound drivers with no luck. Has anybody else been successful getting this sound device up and running? I know it's quite a common chip (my desktop, m$, uses it aswell). Is there perhaps just an option I can add to the kernel? That would be a no-brainer, i just need to know what to add. Feel free to ask for more info, I will post exact messages, specs, and output from any commands that may help you. Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _ FreeBSD - \ ^__^ \ (oo)\___ (__)\ )\/\ ||w | || || [ We've switched the bath sponge with a tribble. ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97
On 11/17/05, Dev Tugnait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do a kldload snd_driver, then test your sound. This loads all the sound drivers...then go from there Thanks for that, I forgot to mention I had tried that to no avail. It doesn't seem to recognise it. I will do it again so I can say exactly what happens when i do that. I was wondering if anyone knew a specific kernel option, like snd_sbc that supports this chip, and what steps others have gone through with this chip. I may have done something wrong when doing kldload snd_driver so will go through it again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you but I did read the manual online, as always before posting. I also have the printed versions, to support the docos. I just did not find anything specific to this chip (understandable, not every chip can be mentioned) nor did i find much about it in association with freebsd when googling it, and was worrying it may not be supported, or might take some knowledge i don't have, or is not listed, to configure it. I will go back to googling. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97
Peter Clutton wrote: On 11/17/05, Dev Tugnait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do a kldload snd_driver, then test your sound. This loads all the sound drivers...then go from there Thanks for that, I forgot to mention I had tried that to no avail. It doesn't seem to recognise it. I will do it again so I can say exactly Did you check dmesg? I thought I had a similar problem but the output for the driver that got loaded was simply not appearing on the console. Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97
Try opensound drivers http://opensound.com On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 09:41 +1100, Peter Clutton wrote: On 11/17/05, Dev Tugnait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do a kldload snd_driver, then test your sound. This loads all the sound drivers...then go from there Thanks for that, I forgot to mention I had tried that to no avail. It doesn't seem to recognise it. I will do it again so I can say exactly what happens when i do that. I was wondering if anyone knew a specific kernel option, like snd_sbc that supports this chip, and what steps others have gone through with this chip. I may have done something wrong when doing kldload snd_driver so will go through it again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you but I did read the manual online, as always before posting. I also have the printed versions, to support the docos. I just did not find anything specific to this chip (understandable, not every chip can be mentioned) nor did i find much about it in association with freebsd when googling it, and was worrying it may not be supported, or might take some knowledge i don't have, or is not listed, to configure it. I will go back to googling. -- Dev Tugnait [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sound Configuration, Sony Laptop with ac97
Hi everyone, wondering if anybody could help me out. I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-release on a Sony Vaio, and just about everything worked right off the bat. However when starting Gnome, i get a message about how it can't open the sound device, and sound just isn't working for me. The sound device listed in Sony's specs says ac97-compatible on board sound. I tried the open source sound drivers with no luck. Has anybody else been successful getting this sound device up and running? I know it's quite a common chip (my desktop, m$, uses it aswell). Is there perhaps just an option I can add to the kernel? That would be a no-brainer, i just need to know what to add. Feel free to ask for more info, I will post exact messages, specs, and output from any commands that may help you. Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
