Greetings,

I have a Dell 8000, and I just figured the module part out too and got sound working.

My Way: ------ in /boot/loader.conf, I have a line that says, snd_pcm_load="YES" This loads the pcm module way in advance, (before kernel, I think),

then , I have to edit a file /etc/rc.local (create it if not there), and add the following line, /sbin/kldload snd_maestro3 Which loads the sound driver towards the end of system startup.

BTW, I also have the lines, /usr/sbin/mixer vol 45:45 /usr/sbin/mixer speaker 45:45 to adjust the volume, so it isn't too loud. The default is about 75:75 which is way too loud for me.

I didn't compile "device pcm" into the kernel.

Correct Way: ----------- Okay, supposedly, you only need to edit /boot/locder.conf, and add the line snd_maestro3_load="YES"

It will load the dependency, which is "pcm" correctly. It loaded the modules okay, but then I get terrible screeching sounds, or static, when I play sound, so it didn't seem quite like.

I figure out after a while that it probably has to do with the order of the modules loading (I tried and error by hand), and that I need to load the pcm module way in advance, then after that load the maestro3 module.

Tried but didn't work --------------------- tried this already, in /booot/loader.conf, snd_pcm_load="YES" snd_maestro3_load="YES"

tried editing /usr/src/sys/conf/files, and added one line as follows, dev/sound/pci/maestro.c optional pcm pci ++ dev/sound/pci/maestro.c optional pcm pci dev/sound/pci/neomagic.c optional pcm pci

That compiles the maestro3 driver, and detected correctly, but get the static too.

Anyway, the above is what I have tried. Good luck to you, Daniel. Hope this helps. ps: Haven't tried any PCMCIA though. also, resume is not working for me too, I think someone reported it very recently.

Regards, /calvin

lines with :> are quotes from John Baldwin's email :> :> On 14-Apr-01 Daniel O'Connor wrote: :> > Hi, :> > I recently got a i8000 for work and so far I am fairly pleased with the :> > success :> > I am having. Currently the internal modem and ethernet work, USB works and
X :> > is :> > running. :> > :> > I can't get the sound to work which seems quite odd to me since I can see
an :> > ID :> > for a supported soundcard when I do pciconf -l (ie a Maestro 3 -
0x1998125d). :> > I :> > haven't investigated further than boot -v. :> :> The maestro3 requires a GPL'd header so you have to kldload it's module :> separately I think or some such. :> :> > Inserting a PCMCIA card locks the machine solid (I have only tried a CF :> > adapter :> > card so far). I haven't played with configuring it either (tips gratefully :> > received :) :> :> Hrm, pccard works fine on my 5000e. :> :> > Also, I can't suspend/resume which I am told is because of a BIOS bug which :> > sucks but there's not much to be done about that :) :> > (I can induce a suspend/resume OK but when the laptop comes back the fxp
card :> > spits millions of 'SCB timeout' and 'DMA timeout', and it seems the ata :> > controller wedges, or doesn't reinit the controller). :> :> This doesn't sound like the 5000e kernel bug, which panics the kernel as soon :> as you try to do anything with apm. The problems do seem to indicate a
problem :> where the hardware isn't being rewoken properly. Not sure if that is a BIOS :> bug or a software bug though. :> :> --

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