Sound on Dell Latitude E6500

[Leslie Jensen]

> I need a little help to get the sound to work on my laptop.
> 
> The sound card is "IDT HD Audio codec" in Windows Vista.
> 
> My loader.conf has the following:
> sound_load="YES"
> snd_hda_load="YES"
> 
> I think the driver is loaded
> 
> cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2007061600/amd64)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <Intel 82801I High Definition Audio Controller> at memory 
> 0xf6fdc000 irq 21 kld snd_hda [20080420_0052] [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v 
> channels duplex default)
> 
> and
> 
> 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 mic      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer rec      is currently set to   0:0
> Recording source: mic
> 
> But I have no output what so ever!
> 
> I have tried the volume control on the machine, and also a headset 
> without success.
> 
> I need a hint on where to go now.
> 
> Thanks
> /Leslie

I forgot to mention what is in dmesg:

pcm0: <HDA Codec: Unknown Codec>
pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20080420_0052>