Christian Jones wrote:
Hi, all. I've been putting a laptop (Dell Inspiron 1000) through the
motions in order to submit its status to the OpenBSD i386 laptops
page. In doing so, I've tested out a bunch of things I've never used
before, and I've hit a snag with playing audio CDs (from the raw
device, not mounting and/or ripping them).
I thought I had this one all figured out---I can play audio just fine,
but not from the CD. Everything's unmuted and maxed out in volume in
mixerctl (below); I haven't changed any settings in audioctl (also
below). cdio seems to read and play just fine (status below), but I
get no actual sound. Even DVDs play great in ogle.
What kernel version?
Where is your dmesg?
I have a Dell Latitude D810 machine. I have exactly the same
problem, I just haven't gotten around to complaining about
it yet.
My machine has no LINE-OUT jack, only headphones. I think
the solution may require driver modifications to handle
the new audio hardware in the latest support chip. I have
no datasheets to even study the problem let alone try to
fix it. Besides, I have no driver development experience
in OBSD, so I been meaning to try interest one of the regular
developers into taking a look, but haven't had the time to get a
fresh snapshot to see where things are today. When chasing
new hardware, it is good to try a recent snapshot before
complaining.
You should post a dmesg. I posted one back in March for
the D810. See:
http://www.sigmasoft.com/~openbsd/archive/openbsd-misc/200503/msg00566.html
If it will help things along, I will try to install a
recent snapshot this coming weekend.
Regards,
Ray
