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Old 11th July 2008
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I'm curious as to why can't I hear any sound coming from my speaker, even after doing the SOP for configuring the sound devices. The following text is my configuration:

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$ cat /boot/loader.conf | grep snd_
snd_ich_load="YES"

$ kldstat | grep snd_
 3    1 0xc0d30000 6f88     snd_ich.ko

$ kldstat | grep sound
 4    2 0xc0d37000 4a5ac    sound.ko

$ cat /var/run/dmesg.boot | grep pcm
pcm0: <Intel ICH6 (82801FB)> port 0x5000-0x50ff,0x48c0-0x48ff mem 0xb0040800-0xb00409ff,0xb0040400-0xb00404ff irq 20 at device 30.2 on pci0
pcm0: [ITHREAD]
pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC250 AC97 Codec>

$ mixer
Mixer vol      is currently set to  75:75
Mixer pcm      is currently set to  75:75
Mixer speaker  is currently set to  75:75
Mixer line     is currently set to  75:75
Mixer mic      is currently set to   0:0
Mixer cd       is currently set to  75:75
Mixer rec      is currently set to   0:0
Mixer igain    is currently set to   0:0
Mixer ogain    is currently set to  50:50
Mixer line1    is currently set to  75:75
Mixer phin     is currently set to   0:0
Mixer phout    is currently set to   0:0
Recording source: mic
I've tried xmms, audacious, mpg123, and bmp but I still can't hear any sound from my speaker. What could be wrong? What am I missing?
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Looks fine to me...

Make sure that the speakers are properly connected and in working order ...

This is an on-board soundcard, yes? What is your mainboard brand/model number?
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Try all the audio sockets on the motherboard. Bugs can lead to audio being routed to the wrong socket. (line out appearing on the microphone socket is not unusual!) These bugs are often in the hardware and firmware (ie out of out control) as much as in the software.
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Yes, this is an on board chip. The motherboard is Arima W330UCX.

It's a dual-boot laptop. It has Windows XP on the other slice and sound works fine in it.

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Did you try setting all the mixer values too 100? Not sure what they all do, but I guess it can't hurt...

And what does % cat /dev/sndstat say?
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$ cat /dev/sndstat
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <Intel ICH6 (82801FB)> at io 0xb0040800, 0xb0040400 irq 20 bufsz 16384 kld snd_ich [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default)

$ mixer
Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100
Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100
Mixer speaker is currently set to 100:100
Mixer line is currently set to 100:100
Mixer mic is currently set to 100:100
Mixer cd is currently set to 100:100
Mixer rec is currently set to 100:100
Mixer igain is currently set to 100:100
Mixer ogain is currently set to 100:100
Mixer line1 is currently set to 100:100
Mixer phin is currently set to 100:100
Mixer phout is currently set to 100:100
Recording source: mic

Still no sound. :-(
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check if you haven't disabled sound on your laptop with external buttons (shit happens)
Open audacious, and check audio output driver...
If you play mp3 to check sound, check that you have mp3 plugins (i had problems with that once)



Also have you tried to compile drivers in kernel? (shouldn't make difference, but what if....)

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Quote:
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check if you haven't disabled sound on your laptop with external buttons (shit happens)
Open audacious, and check audio output driver...
If you play mp3 to check sound, check that you have mp3 plugins (i had problems with that once)

1. Yup. Done that.
2. Audacious -> Audacious Preferences -> Audio -> Audio System

Current Output Plugin: OSS Output Plugin

Output Plugin Preferences -> OSS Driver Configuration -> Devices

Audio device: none
Mixer device: none
3. Yup. Done that.
3. Yup.
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Hmm, very strange, it should just work™.

Just curious, what driver is Windows using?
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I can't remember the driver that Windows is using and I can't boot to Windows now.
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ive had this problem when using windowmaker. when i would use kde, it would work, but when i ultimately switched over to wmaker, it would not. i had to start the sound server manually (arts). i simply typed in artsd in a term window and voila!! sound.
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you can add that to ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart to have it run when you launch wmaker.


autostart is a shell script, there is also an 'exitscript' in the same directory serving the purpose it's name would suggest.
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There *IS* actually sound, but it's too weak. I didn't notice it at first when using the built-in speaker of the laptop. But I tried plugging in a headset and I was able to hear audio coming out of the headset speakers.

Yes, the mixer settings are at max. What is causing this problem? Is there anyway to crank up the volume?

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can you post your /boot/device.hints file?
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Yeah. Here it is:

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# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints,v 1.16 2006/05/17 21:25:22 marius Exp $
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.ata.0.at="isa"
hint.ata.0.port="0x1F0"
hint.ata.0.irq="14"
hint.ata.1.at="isa"
hint.ata.1.port="0x170"
hint.ata.1.irq="15"
hint.adv.0.at="isa"
hint.adv.0.disabled="1"
hint.bt.0.at="isa"
hint.bt.0.disabled="1"
hint.aha.0.at="isa"
hint.aha.0.disabled="1"
hint.aic.0.at="isa"
hint.aic.0.disabled="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.vga.0.at="isa"
hint.sc.0.at="isa"
hint.sc.0.flags="0x100"
hint.vt.0.at="isa"
hint.vt.0.disabled="1"
hint.apm.0.disabled="1"
hint.apm.0.flags="0x20"
hint.sio.0.at="isa"
hint.sio.0.port="0x3F8"
hint.sio.0.flags="0x10"
hint.sio.0.irq="4"
hint.sio.1.at="isa"
hint.sio.1.port="0x2F8"
hint.sio.1.irq="3"
hint.sio.2.at="isa"
hint.sio.2.disabled="1"
hint.sio.2.port="0x3E8"
hint.sio.2.irq="5"
hint.sio.3.at="isa"
hint.sio.3.disabled="1"
hint.sio.3.port="0x2E8"
hint.sio.3.irq="9"
hint.ppc.0.at="isa"
hint.ppc.0.irq="7"
hint.ed.0.at="isa"
hint.ed.0.disabled="1"
hint.ed.0.port="0x280"
hint.ed.0.irq="10"
hint.ed.0.maddr="0xd8000"
hint.cs.0.at="isa"
hint.cs.0.disabled="1"
hint.cs.0.port="0x300"
hint.sn.0.at="isa"
hint.sn.0.disabled="1"
hint.sn.0.port="0x300"
hint.sn.0.irq="10"
hint.ie.0.at="isa"
hint.ie.0.disabled="1"
hint.ie.0.port="0x300"
hint.ie.0.irq="10"
hint.ie.0.maddr="0xd0000"
hint.fe.0.at="isa"
hint.fe.0.disabled="1"
hint.fe.0.port="0x300"
hint.le.0.at="isa"
hint.le.0.disabled="1"
hint.le.0.port="0x280"
hint.le.0.irq="10"
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try doing

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kldunload module
then load the driver "snd_driver" and see what happens.
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Hi
CHECK UR SOUND OUTPUT BEFORE RUNNING X
CHECK WITH a PROGRAM LIKE AS MPG123
if ur window maker is not friend of ur snd :d
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oy vey......
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lol indeed.
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Quote:
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try doing

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kldunload module
then load the driver "snd_driver" and see what happens.
I did that. But I still have that weak sound. :-(
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