On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 10:14:58PM -0500, Casey wrote: > I have an Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard, which has a nVidia > Soundstorm audio chipset on it. However, I can't seem to get this > chipset to detect in 5.2.1 Release, no matter what I try. Being > relatively new to FreeBsd, I don't really know that many ways to go > about trying to get it to detect. I was hoping someone out there might > be able to tell me something to try, or at least confirm for me that > this chipset doesn't currently have a driver that works, so I can stop > banging my head against the wall.
So, I guess you've tried all the usual stuff, like kldload'ing the
snd.ko driver and checking the dmesg output it generates?
What's the output of:
# pciconf -lv
(that will scan your PCI bus and report verbosely on all of the PCI
devices it finds. Usually if it can put a name to a card, then that
card is supported.)
It's not hopeless if pciconf doesn't recognise your card -- it may be
a new revision of a similar piece of kit, with a new PCI ID number,
but that would work well enough with one of the existing drivers.
However, that would take a small kernel patch to make happen. Or you
may be S.O.L. in which case, buying a cheapo soundcard that you know
is supported would be your best bet.
Cheers,
Matthew
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