Re: Mixer settings revert to zero

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:53:02 +0930
Adam Smith <adam_at_internode.com.au> wrote:

> 
> Hi!
> 
> With the recent changes to the sound drivers, will the mixer begin working
> like it used to before 5.3 is released?  The release notes for 5.3-BETA6
> say that "the sound(4) driver reads /boot/device.hints on startup, to allow
> setting of default values for mixer channels."
> 
> But this doesn't seem to be happening.  The release notes also say the
> device driver's name is still pcm, however I couldn't find this in
> /boot/device.hints.  In my particular case, I am using the device ich for
> my sound.
> 
> Because the mixer settings are not being picked up properly, upon boot, my
> system's mixer settings all revert to zero.  I have to fix them manually by
> applying levels to 'pcm' and 'vol'.
> 
> Is this a problem across the board at the moment with mixer settings, or
> applicable to only certain drivers (such as ich?)  Is there anything I can
> do to fix the problem, or will it be fixed before 5.3?

At least for me not the detection is the problem, but the result is the same:

> From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu_at_apropo.ro>
> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
> Subject: 5.3-BETA{3|4} mixer vol always 0:0 after reboot
> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 02:34:57 +0300
> 
>  Hi,
> 
> 
>  Is anyone else seeing this ?
> 
>  For me it was OK until BETA2, it begun on BETA3 on it continues on
>  BETA4.
> 
>  The settings seems to be saved:
>   # cat /var/db/mixer0-state
>  vol 95:95 pcm 34:34 speaker 0:0 line 0:0 mic 0:0 cd 0:0 rec 0:0 ogain 0:0 line1 0:0 phin 0:0 phout 0:0 video 0:0
> 
>  But I get vol 0:0 after reboot.
> 
>  I'm loading kld in /boot/
>   # grep snd /boot/loader.conf
>  snd_via8233_load="YES"
> 
>  and the device is recognised:
>  /var/run/dmesg.boot:
>  ........
>  Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/snd_via8233.ko" at 0xc0857448.
>  Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/sound.ko" at 0xc08574f8.
>  ..........
>  pcm0: <VIA VT8235> port 0xe400-0xe4ff irq 22 at device 17.5 on pci0
>  pcm0: Reserved 0x100 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0xe400
>  pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>  pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC650 AC97 Codec (id = 0x414c4720)>
>  pcm0: Codec features 20 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, 5 bit master volume, Realtek 3D Stereo Enhancement
>  pcm0: Primary codec extended features variable rate PCM, double rate PCM, reserved 1, center DAC, s
>  urround DAC, LFE DAC, reserved 4
>  pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 275000, 1000; 0xc2381000 -> 275000
>  pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 293000, 1000; 0xc237f000 -> 293000
>  pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 291000, 1000; 0xc237d000 -> 291000
>  pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 26f000, 1000; 0xc237b000 -> 26f000
>  pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 28d000, 1000; 0xc2379000 -> 28d000
>  pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 2c3000, 1000; 0xc238f000 -> 2c3000
>  .............
> 
>   # cat /dev/sndstat
>  FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
>  Installed devices:
>  pcm0: <VIA VT8235> at io 0xe400 irq 22 kld snd_via8233 (5p/1r/0v channels duplex default)
> 
>   # ident /etc/rc.d/mixer
>  /etc/rc.d/mixer:
>       $FreeBSD: src/etc/rc.d/mixer,v 1.3 2004/03/27 09:26:22 dougb Exp $


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