Sound Problem - PC-BSD Forums

UnixOwns · #1 12-16-2008, 05:37 AM

Hello I am new to PcBSD well BSD in general have used Linux for around 2 and a half years and decided to finally try this out anyways i am having trouble with the sound cannot get it working and i have searched google with no luck can anyone tell me how to get the sound working for a ASUS M2N-E SLI motherboard that has a Nforce 500 chipset on it thanks in advance.

TerryP · #2 12-16-2008, 10:15 PM

It may be supported by the snd_hda driver, but I'm not sure. You can try adding

snd_hda_load="YES"

to /boot/loader.conf and see if it is detected on the next reboot. The driver should be able to be loaded manually at run time, but I at least have never gotten working sound that way.... (If you want to load at run time, use the kldload program as root; to kldload snd_hda)

UnixOwns · #3 12-17-2008, 01:35 AM

Hello thanks for your quick reply I tried what you said and still no luck on windows it says my driver is a C-Media CM69501 i hope this helps someone figure it out for me. Is there anyway I can use the Linux driver inside PCBSD so I can get sound thanks in advance thanks again.

TerryP · #4 12-17-2008, 04:43 AM

I don't think that device is supposed; I may be wrong though (Curious, whats the name of the linux driver?). CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 are supported by the snd_cmi driver, but I don't know of any other CMedia gizmoes that are.

As to using the Linux driver, not possible at this point - FreeBSD doesn't use the Linux kernel, and uses a modified version of the Open Sound System (OSS) rather then Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). The linux compatiblity in *BSD is focused on application level interfaces, rather then kernel compat.