Dear folks, I have a machine recently updated to 8.4-RELEASE-p3 and ports tree updated from 05/27 to Friday of last week. I had sound, but now have lost sound. I had the usual snd_hda_ in /boot/loader.conf
root@grullahighschool:~ # uname -a FreeBSD grullahighschool.rgccisd.org 8.4-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE-p3 #0: Wed Aug 21 19:23:44 UTC 2013 r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 root@grullahighschool:~ # cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64) Installed devices: pcm0: <Realtek ALC888 (Analog 2.0+HP)> (play) pcm1: <Realtek ALC888 (Rear Digital)> (play/rec) default root@grullahighschool:~ # clear root@grullahighschool:~ # cat /boot/loader.conf loader_logo="beastie" snd_hda_load="YES" sem_load="YES" atapicam_load="YES" root@grullahighschool:~ # cat /boot/device.hints # $FreeBSD: release/8.4.0/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC.hints 235947 2012-05-24 23:55:08Z bz $ hint.fdc.0.at="isa" hint.fdc.0.port="0x3F0" hint.fdc.0.irq="6" hint.fdc.0.drq="2" hint.fd.0.at="fdc0" hint.fd.0.drive="0" hint.fd.1.at="fdc0" hint.fd.1.drive="1" hint.atkbdc.0.at="isa" hint.atkbdc.0.port="0x060" hint.atkbd.0.at="atkbdc" hint.atkbd.0.irq="1" hint.psm.0.at="atkbdc" hint.psm.0.irq="12" hint.sc.0.at="isa" hint.sc.0.flags="0x100" hint.uart.0.at="isa" hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8" hint.uart.0.flags="0x10" hint.uart.0.irq="4" hint.uart.1.at="isa" hint.uart.1.port="0x2F8" hint.uart.1.irq="3" hint.ppc.0.at="isa" hint.ppc.0.irq="7" hint.atrtc.0.at="isa" hint.atrtc.0.port="0x70" hint.atrtc.0.irq="8" hint.pcm.0.vol="100" hint.pcm.1.vol="100" hint.pcm.0.pcm="100" hint.pcm.1.pcm="100" hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid27.config="as=1 seq=15 device=Headphones" hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid25.config="as=4 seq=0" hint.wbwd.0.at="isa" root@grullahighschool:~ # Here's some information from Sound Page at FreeBSD Wiki : root@grullahighschool:~ # cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64) Installed devices: pcm0: <Realtek ALC888 (Analog 2.0+HP)> (play) pcm1: <Realtek ALC888 (Rear Digital)> (play/rec) default root@grullahighschool:~ # dmesg | grep 'pcm[0-9]' pcm0: <Realtek ALC888 (Analog 2.0+HP)> at nid 20,27 on hdaa0 pcm1: <Realtek ALC888 (Rear Digital)> at nid 30 and 31 on hdaa0 root@grullahighschool:~ # sysctl dev.pcm dev.pcm.0.%desc: Realtek ALC888 (Analog 2.0+HP) dev.pcm.0.%driver: pcm dev.pcm.0.%location: nid=20,27 dev.pcm.0.%parent: hdaa0 dev.pcm.0.play.vchans: 1 dev.pcm.0.play.vchanmode: fixed dev.pcm.0.play.vchanrate: 48000 dev.pcm.0.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 dev.pcm.0.play.32bit: 24 dev.pcm.0.buffersize: 65536 dev.pcm.0.bitperfect: 0 dev.pcm.1.%desc: Realtek ALC888 (Rear Digital) dev.pcm.1.%driver: pcm dev.pcm.1.%location: nid=30,31 dev.pcm.1.%parent: hdaa0 dev.pcm.1.play.vchans: 1 dev.pcm.1.play.vchanmode: passthrough dev.pcm.1.play.vchanrate: 48000 dev.pcm.1.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 dev.pcm.1.play.32bit: 24 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchans: 1 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanmode: passthrough dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanrate: 48000 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 dev.pcm.1.rec.32bit: 24 dev.pcm.1.rec.autosrc: 2 dev.pcm.1.buffersize: 65536 dev.pcm.1.bitperfect: 0 root@grullahighschool:~ # sysctl hw.sn sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.sn' root@grullahighschool:~ # sysctl hw.snd hw.snd.feeder_rate_quality: 1 hw.snd.feeder_rate_round: 25 hw.snd.feeder_rate_max: 2016000 hw.snd.feeder_rate_min: 1 hw.snd.feeder_rate_polyphase_max: 183040 hw.snd.feeder_rate_presets: 100:8:0.85 100:36:0.92 100:164:0.97 hw.snd.feeder_eq_exact_rate: 0 hw.snd.feeder_eq_presets: PEQ:16000,0.2500,62,0.2500:-9,9,1.0:44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000 hw.snd.vpc_reset: 0 hw.snd.vpc_0db: 45 hw.snd.vpc_autoreset: 0 hw.snd.latency_profile: 1 hw.snd.latency: 5 hw.snd.report_soft_matrix: 1 hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1 hw.snd.compat_linux_mmap: 0 hw.snd.vpc_mixer_bypass: 1 hw.snd.verbose: 0 hw.snd.maxautovchans: 16 hw.snd.default_unit: 1 hw.snd.version: 2009061500/amd64 hw.snd.default_auto: 1 root@grullahighschool:~ # mixer Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100 Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100 Recording source: dig1 root@grullahighschool:~ # uname -a FreeBSD grullahighschool.rgccisd.org 8.4-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE-p3 #0: Wed Aug 21 19:23:44 UTC 2013 r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 root@grullahighschool:~ # cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64) Installed devices: pcm0: <Realtek ALC888 (Analog 2.0+HP)> (play) pcm1: <Realtek ALC888 (Rear Digital)> (play/rec) default root@grullahighschool:~ # When I send # cat /dev/sndstat > /dev/pcm0 I get: root@grullahighschool:~ # cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64) Installed devices: pcm0: <Realtek ALC888 (Analog 2.0+HP)> (play) pcm1: <Realtek ALC888 (Rear Digital)> (play/rec) default root@grullahighschool:~ # cat /dev/random > /dev/pcm0 /dev/pcm0: Operation not supported. root@grullahighschool:~ # cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp0 ^C root@grullahighschool:~ # When I do last command cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp0 I hear the sound, how can I redirect it to have sound. The headphones used to work, but now also have no sound. Thanks for any advice and suggestions to fix this issue. Best Regards, Antonio _______________________________________________ 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"