On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 03:29:44PM -0500, Brian Waters wrote: > > It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following > sound-related device files: > > dspX > dspX.Y > (among others) > > I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron > E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the > manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and > increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and > /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. > > What I'm wondering is: what exactly is the meaning of X and Y above? > I'm assuming that X comes from the "association numbers" in the > snd_hda driver, but I could be wrong. Please correct me! > > Thanks, > Brian Waters
Have you tried setting the default unit: # sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=1 If that works, you can make it permanent with: # echo "hw.snd.default_unit=1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf If it doesn't, you have to post the output of: $ cat /dev/sndstat Make sure your volume is turned up: mixer(8) HTH. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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