Hi there, I'm using HP dv4 1413TX laptop and have the similar problem with defect.o.o bug 9308. A loud white-noise is emitted during the b117 installation. After the installation is finished and reboot, the noise is still there.
% pfexec scanpci ...... pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x1b function 0x00: vendor 0x8086 device 0x293e Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller ...... The boomer rc3 binary attached in bug 9308 does fix the noise sound problem. But the sound still doesn't work properly. The beep sound does work But when I tried to play certain media files (mp3 for example) with Songbird, it doesn't work, no sound at all. One thing to note is that this should not be related to Songbird as gst-launch gives me the similar output (no sound). $ audiotest Sound subsystem and version: SunOS Audio 4.0 (0x00040003) Platform: SunOS 5.11 snv_117 i86pc *** Scanning sound adapter #1 *** /dev/sound/audiohd:0dsp (audio engine 0): audiohd#0 - Performing audio playback test... <left> ................ The test just hanged there with noise coming out from the speaker. Tried with 2009.06 release, b117 and b118. All have the noise during the installation. But b118 doesn't work well with this HP laptop due to http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6858297. Any hints for the problem. Is there any other boomer binary version that I can try with? BTW, not sure what's wrong with my defect account. I can't add comment to the bug. Thanks, -Alfred