If you have a file named snd_ich.ko in /boot/kernel/: Try (as root) #kldload snd_ich.ko
and see if your sound begins to work (you can check the status of loaded modules with the command kldstat(8)) On Wednesday 30 March 2005 12:30 pm, Amit Kumar Saha wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to enable the builtin sound card present in Dell > Dimension 8300 but cant seem to get it done. As far as I remember, in > FreeBSD 5.3 it can be done simply by having the following two options in > the kernel config file: > > device sound > device snd_ich > > However, FreeBSD 5.1 does not recognize any of these even (Even man sound > or man snd_ich does not work even though it should work on any FreeBSD 5.* > So I guess I have to give some hardware hints in order to > > config MYCONFIG gives the following error report: > ================================================= > > config: Error: device "sound" is unknown > config: Error: device "snd_ich" is unknown > > (/boot/kernel/ however has the files snd_ich.ko as well as snd_pcm.ko) > > The output of cat /dev/sndstat is as follows: > ============================================= > > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) > Installed devices: > > The 'seems to be relevant part of dmesg' is here: > ================================================= > pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached) > > The entire dmesg output is as follows: > ================================ > > <== START OF dmesg output > > Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #3: Tue Oct 14 18:17:28 CDT 2003 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NEW > Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0700000. > Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0700294. > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 3192009524 Hz > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (3192.01-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 > > Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MC >A,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> > Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs > real memory = 1073168384 (1023 MB) > avail memory = 1035091968 (987 MB) > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > acpi0: <DELL 8300 > on motherboard > pcibios: BIOS version 2.10 > Using $PIR table, 8 entries at 0xc00feae0 > acpi0: power button is handled as a fixed feature programming model. > Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz > acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 > acpi_cpu0: <CPU> port 0x530-0x537 on acpi0 > acpi_cpu1: <CPU> port 0x530-0x537 on acpi0 > acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 > pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 > pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 > agp0: <Intel Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe8000000-0xefffffff at > device 0.0 on pci0 pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 > pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 > pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > uhci0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> port 0xff80-0xff9f irq > 11 at device 29.0 on pci0 usb0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> > on uhci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > uhci1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> port 0xff60-0xff7f irq > 10 at device 29.1 on pci0 usb1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> > on uhci1 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > uhci2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> port 0xff40-0xff5f irq 9 > at device 29.2 on pci0 usb2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> on > uhci2 > usb2: USB revision 1.0 > uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > uhci3: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-D> port 0xff20-0xff3f irq > 11 at device 29.3 on pci0 usb3: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-D> > on uhci3 > usb3: USB revision 1.0 > uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.7 (no driver attached) > pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 > pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 > fxp0: <Intel 82801BA (D865) Pro/100 VE Ethernet> port 0xdf40-0xdf7f mem > 0xfcfff000-0xfcffffff irq 10 at device 8.0 on pci2 fxp0: Ethernet address > 00:07:e9:5f:67:fd > miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0 > inphy0: <i82562ET 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 > inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > atapci0: <Intel ICH5 UDMA100 controller> port > 0xffa0-0xffaf,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177,0x3f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 mem > 0xfebffc00-0xfebfffff irq 9 at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on > atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > atapci1: <Intel ICH5 SATA150 controller> port > 0xfea0-0xfeaf,0xfe30-0xfe33,0xfe20-0xfe27,0xfe10-0xfe13,0xfe00-0xfe07 irq 9 > at device 31.2 on pci0 ata2: at 0xfe00 on atapci1 > ata3: at 0xfe20 on atapci1 > pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached) > pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached) > fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> port > 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes > threshold > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3 > sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 > sio0: type 16550A > ppc0 port 0x778-0x77f,0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold > ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 > plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 > orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xd1000-0xd3fff,0xc0000-0xcf7ff on isa0 > pmtimer0 on isa0 > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > RTC BIOS diagnostic error 18<memory_size,fixed_disk> > Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec > ad4: 238418MB <WDC WD2500JD-75FYB0> [484406/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100 > acd0: CDROM <Lite-On LTN486S 48x Max> at ata1-master PIO4 > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad4s3a > > > <=== END OF dmesg output > > Thanks, > Amit > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.cs.rice.edu/~amsaha > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The world is coming to an end ... 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