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Couldn't get sound working in FreeBSD (self.freebsd)

submitted 3 weeks ago by kionite231 to c/[email protected]

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Hello,

I am trying to get sound working in FreeBSD. I read 9th chapter of FreeBSD handbook(https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/multimedia/). I have succesfully configured the sound card, it shows in dmesg | grep pcm and also in cat /dev/sndstat. however when I try to use beep command to test the speaker, it doesn't work ( I can't hear anything from the sound card).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think something weird is going on since my sound card isn’t listed of the website but the kernel detects my sound card

Yes it's possible, it can be a "too fresh hardware" situation for FreeBSD, what is your device?

[–] kionite231 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Realtek ALC255 is the sound card which isn't that new. It also gets detected by kernel which I can see in dmesg output.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

It sounds like a known problematic sound card even on Linux(?).
There is this thread that can give you hope, you might need to read this too.
I am not sure that I can be such a great helper for you mate, sorry.