Subject: Re: VIA VT8233 AC'97 Audio Problems
To: Louis Guillaume <lguillaume@berklee.edu>
From: Johnny C. Lam <jlam@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/17/2003 14:16:27
On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 02:17:48AM -0500, Louis Guillaume wrote:

> I have a VIA VT8233 AC'97 Audio Controller built into the motherboard. 
> The kernel seems to find it ok...
> 
> $ dmesg | grep auvia
> auvia0 at pci0 dev 17 function 5: VIA VT8233 AC'97 Audio (rev 0x40)
> auvia0: interrupting at irq 10
> auvia0: ALG48 codec; Realtek 3D
> auvia0: warning: codec doesn't support hardware AC'97 2.0 Variable Rate 
> Audio
> audio0 at auvia0: full duplex, mmap, independent
> 
> ... except maybe for that warning. However, I can't hear any audio at 
> all. I don't hear anything when I cat somefile > /dev/audio. When esd 
> starts up I don't hear the "bleeps".
> 
> Any help would be great. Please let me know if there is any thing I can 
> do to provide more information. Thanks in advance. More info follows...

If you're running NetBSD-1.6_STABLE, then you might consider audio/oss,
which supports your soundchip.  I have it running on two machines with
the same soundchip.

	Cheers,

	-- Johnny Lam <jlam@netbsd.org>