Sound not working PC-BSD

Slacker Steve · 02-20-2009, 02:28 AM

Hello, this is my first time using a BSD. I've been using Linux for a while and wanted to see what the *BSDs were like. I decided to start with PC-BSD and so far I like it, seems very fast and user-friendly. I am having one problem, though. My sound isn't working.

I believe the card is a Sound Blaster Audigy SE (PCI).

I did a little searching but couldn't find a solution

Any ideas?

Code:

steven@pcbsd% cat /dev/sndstat
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
Installed devices:
steven@pcbsd% dmesg | grep audio
pci4: <multimedia, audio> at device 9.0 (no driver attached)
steven@pcbsd%

mobydick · 02-20-2009, 04:57 AM

There may be two modules for your sound card:
snd_emu10K1 and snd_emu10Kx
Try them and see which works best. On my machine I do the following:
~#: kldload snd_via8233
Then edit /boot/loader.conf
Code: snd_via8233_load="YES"
Any time the sistem reboots the sound module is loaded automatically.