I have an AC97 in my NetBSD box and it works fine. Did you compile all
the correct drivers into the kernel?

bash-2.05$ dmesg|grep AC
auvia0 at pci0 dev 7 function 5: VIA VT82C686A AC'97 Audio (rev H)
auvia0: SigmaTel STAC9721/23 codec; 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, Rockwell 3D
auvia0: warning: codec doesn't support hardware AC'97 2.0 Variable Rate Audio

I think there were a few other things I configured too, but it should
work.

Post your config file so someone can check it out.

Regards
Nigel
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 03:27:50PM -0400, JakeCatfox@aol.com wrote:
> Does NetBSD 1.5 (or 1.5V snapshot) have working support for the CMI CX3D 
> Positional Audio 4 Channel PCI Sound Card? .. If I can't get my onboard VIA 
> AC97 chipset to work in NetBSD maybe I'll just buy that, if it works with 
> NetBSD properly ..

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