Re: Sound support

On 5/16/2023 5:43 PM, Vlad Markov wrote:
> On Sun, 14 May 2023 15:16:30 +0200
> Yuri<yuri@aetern.org>  wrote:
>
>> Steven Friedrich wrote:
>>> On 5/13/23 2:22 PM, Steven Friedrich wrote:
>>>> I have an HP Slimline with a Realtek ALC3601 audio device.  I don't
>>>> see any Realtek audio devices in FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE Hardware Notes.
>>>> Am I out of luck?
>>>>   
>>> There are no pcm devices in /dev, but sndstat says:
>>>
>>> cat /dev/sndstat
>>> Installed devices:
>>> pcm0: <Realtek ALC671 (Rear Analog)> (play/rec) default
>>> pcm1: <Realtek ALC671 (Analog)> (play/rec)
>>> pcm2: <Intel Kaby Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
>>> No devices installed from userspace.
>>>
>>> Does this mean no sound driver accepted these devices?
>> Devices are called /dev/dsp*, see sound(4) man page (at least the FILES
>> section).
>>
>> $ ls /dev/pcm*
>> zsh: no matches found: /dev/pcm*
>> $ cat /boot/kernel/kernel > /dev/dsp
>> (alien sounds)
>>
> I don't see any responses so here is my experience.
>
> Yes, a sound driver was found for your devices.
>
> cat someRandomFile > /dsp, should send out some noise.
>
> It may not, in which case check the mixer. /usr/sbin/mixer comes with the system. It is possible the volume is off.
>
> Still no joy? I don't remember how I figured this out but I had to make
> entries in /boot/loader.conf. The handbook explains how to do this. It uses device.hints vice loader.conf. I did my setup long ago.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Vlad
>   
> It's been so long, I had forgotten I had submitted a bug.
FreeBSD Bugzilla – Bug 254200
>   but it was closed as a duplicate ofbug 237340  <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237340>
which has been ignored for years.  This is why I stopped using FreeBSD a 
few years ago.