No sound on FreeBSD 13.1
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debu_chocobo · 2022-08-07 05:27

I'm having trouble getting my sound working on FreeBSD 13.1 on KDE.
The system seems able to see it, but I hear nothing on Firefox, or on
the test in KDE.

I'm using an [HP Spectre x360 2020 15"](https://www.hp.com/gb-
en/shop/product.aspx?id=2t980ea&opt=abu&sel=ntb)

    $ sudo kldload snd_driver

I've tried this command from FreeBSD's handbook. No errors, but no
output.

Four of five years using only Linux, but first time on FreeBSD.

Many thanks for any help.

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Other commands:

    $ dmesg | grep pcm
    pcm0: <NVIDIA (0x0094) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 4 on hdaa0
    pcm1: <NVIDIA (0x0094) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 5 on hdaa0
    pcm2: <NVIDIA (0x0094) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 6 on hdaa0
    pcm3: <Realtek ALC285 (Analog)> at nid 23 and 25 on hdaa1
    pcm4: <Realtek ALC285 (Left Analog Headphones)> at nid 33 on hdaa1
    pcm5: <Intel Kaby Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 3 on hdaa2

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    $ sudo pciconf -lvc
    hdac1@pci0:0:31:3:      class=0x040100 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor=0x8086 device=0x06c8 subvendor=0x103c subdevice=0x86e8
        vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
        device     = 'Comet Lake PCH cAVS'
        class      = multimedia
        subclass   = audio
        cap 01[50] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
        cap 09[80] = vendor (length 20) Intel cap 15 version 0
        cap 05[60] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1
message

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    $ sudo cat cat /dev/sndstat
    Installed devices:
    pcm0: <NVIDIA (0x0094) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
    pcm1: <NVIDIA (0x0094) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
    pcm2: <NVIDIA (0x0094) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
    pcm3: <Realtek ALC285 (Analog)> (play/rec) default
    pcm4: <Realtek ALC285 (Left Analog Headphones)> (play)
    pcm5: <Intel Kaby Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
    No devices installed from userspace.

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morte9000 · 2022-08-07 07:07

https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd-project/resources/audio-on-
freebsd/

Check part 3, probably it will help you

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debu_chocobo · 2022-08-07 08:13

Partly solved it. Thanks!

Headphones work but not the speakers. Any ideas?

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morte9000 · 2022-08-07 08:20

Well... not sure about that, I had a similar issue, but it was the
other way around, speakers working and no headphones.

This helped me:

https://i-bsd.com/freebsd-wireless-8265/

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grahamperrin · 2022-08-31 19:27

> Headphones work but not the speakers.

If it helps: I use [audio/gtk-
mixer](https://www.freshports.org/audio/gtk-mixer/) to set defaults.

With Firefox, have you tried (necessarily) reloading a playing tab,
after changing the default?