[Solved] Older macbook headphones?

forkandwait · #1 February 16th, 2012, 04:41

Hi all,

I can't get the headphones on my older (6 years) cheap white macbook to run. I have speakers ok, and I know I had headphones before installing FreeBSD (9.0), but I can't seem to be able to figure this out.

I have found a lot of posts to the effect of "experiment with /boot/device.hints" but I don't know what to do at all with that.

Here is the output from the latest dmesg: http://pastebin.com/QYYAiyGb

If anybody can help, I would sure appreciate it. I can answer further questions if there are any.

Thanks.

**mav@** · #2 February 16th, 2012, 13:09

Provided dmesg is not informative enough. Please boot with verbose kernel messages (respective button in boot menu) and repeat.

forkandwait · #3 February 16th, 2012, 15:45

http://pastebin.com/v6y3f3fj

(Unix is a journey, not a destination...)

tx

**mav@** · #4 February 17th, 2012, 13:46

I see the driver applies some changes to the codec configuration. Is that you've set something via device hints or it was done by the driver itself? Because what is done -- done wrong. If that's you -- remove it and try to add instead:

Code:

hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid10.config="seq=15 device=Headphones"
hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid16.config="as=15"

forkandwait · #5 February 18th, 2012, 06:25

Seems to work. Thanks!

nano · #6 September 10th, 2012, 13:20

Hello everyone,

I think that I have the same model of the opener or the very next generation, being it a late 2006 or 2,1 white MacBook. The problem I have with the soundcard Sigmatel STAC9221 it's the same, that is the internal speakers are working correctly, while I get no sound from the headphones jack, nor it does mute when I insert the jack.

I tried to paste the lines above in my device.hints with no success, so I decided to ask for help here. Here's my dmesg with verbose boot: http://pastebin.com/zUDmhUhn

I hope someone can help me, thank you in advance for your attention

**mav@** · #7 September 10th, 2012, 22:39

In your case CODEC configuration is different and so may be wiring. Try two such combination:

Code:

hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid10.config="as=4"
hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid15.config="as=1 seq=15"

nano · #8 September 11th, 2012, 11:55

Thank you really much for your effort and suggestion, but unfortunately these two lines seem not to work, and they actually muted the internal speaker that was working before.

**mav@** · #9 September 17th, 2012, 00:57

Please show verbose dmesg with these tunables set.

nano · #10 September 17th, 2012, 12:23

http://pastebin.com/jGyj8L4s Here it is. Thank you

**mav@** · #11 September 17th, 2012, 22:00

Oops, my bad, try this:

Code:

hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid10.config="as=4 seq=15"
hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid15.config="as=1 seq=15"

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